RPC II, 855

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 855
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar)
Issue 'Provincial' issue: star, COS V
Dating AD 74
Obverse inscription IMP T CAESAR COS III
Edition Imp(erator) T(itus) Caesar Co(n)s(ul) III
Translation Emperor Titus Caesar consul for the third time
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription AVG
Edition Aug(ustus)
Translation Augustus
Reverse design in oak wreath; below, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.39 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference BMCRE p. 100*; RIC 344
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1459
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3950 BMCRE pl. 17, 6
2 2     B: 18229499, 1913/142
3 3     Egger 43, 14 Apr. 1913, lot 617
4 4     Budapest
5 5     ✸ NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 570 (ex Tkalec April 2007, lot 204)