RPC II, 912

 

Image of specimen #4

 

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 ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Vespasian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription Τ ΚΑΙ ΔΟΜ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕϹ, ΜΥΤΙ
Edition Τίτος καὶ Δομιτιανὸς Καίσαρες Μυτιληναίων Τ(ίτος) καὶ Δομ(ιτιανὸς) Καίσαρες Μυτι(ληναίων)
Translation Titus and Domitian, Caesars, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design laureate head of Titus, right, facing laureate head of Domitian, left
Metal brass
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.96 g
Axis 5
Reference BMC 196
Specimens 4 (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

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 196
2 2     O
3 3     V: GR 16981
4 4     ✸ V. Prokhorov coll.