RPC II, 998

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 998
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar) ; Domitian (Caesar)
Magistrate Marcus Vettius Bolanus (proconsul)
Dating after AD 73
Obverse inscription ΤΙΤΟϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ)
Edition Τίτος Αὐτοκράτωρ Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation Titus Emperor Domitian Caesar
Obverse design laureate heads of Titus and Domitian, jugate, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΒΩΛΑΝΟΥ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΕΡΜΟϹ
Edition ἐπὶ Βώλανου Ζμυρναίων Ἕρμος
Translation under Bolanus, of the Smyrnaeans, Hermus
Reverse design river god Hermus reclining, left, holding two corn-ears and cornucopia, and resting arm on urn
Metal brass
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.82 g
Axis 1, 6, 10
Reference Klose XXXVII A, 1–14; Stumpf 326
Specimens 25 (3 in the core collections)
Note Two obv. dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 300
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1777
3 3     ✸ P: 2515
4 4 –23     see Klose (except B 26/1883)
24 24     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naville 21, 20 Mar. 2016, lot 298)
25 25     J. Clark coll.