RPC II, 912

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 912
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Titus (Caesar) ; Domitian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, r.
Reverse inscription Τ ΚΑΙ ΔΟΜ ΚΑΙϹΑΡƐϹ, ΜΥΤΙ
Reverse design laureate head of Titus, r., facing laureate head of Domitian, l.
Metal Brass
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference BMC 196
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note Style and rev. legend differentiate these coins from 911. The fact that the countermark is found only on 911 makes it likely that they were minted at a separate time, but there is no way of knowing either the relative or the absolute chronology.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 196
2 2     O
3 3     V: GR 16981