RPC II, 613

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 613
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΤΙΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΥΙΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Τίτος Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τοῦ) υἰὸς
Translation Emperor Titus Caesar son of the Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗ(ΝΟΥ) ΑΣΠΡΗΝΑ ΑΝΘΥΠ(ΥΠΑΤΟΥ), ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑ (in field)
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Σαλουιδηνοῦ Ἀσπρηνᾶ ἀνθυπάτου Βιθυνία
Translation under Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas proconsul, Bithynia
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing with foot on elephant head, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.22 g
Reference Rec 12 corr., Stumpf 380
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 157 Wa 214 = Stumpf Taf. XII.12 = Rec, pl. XXXV.8
2 2     CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 859
3 3     SPQR Collection 4, 28–29 Nov. 2024, lot 606