RPC II, 1968

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1968
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 6, year 3
Dating AD 70/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ • ΤΙΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ ΟΥΕΣ(Π)
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Τίτος Καῖσ(αρ) Οὐεσπ(ασιανός)
Translation Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasianus
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ Γ ΙΕΡΟΥ
Edition ἔτους γʹ ἱεροῦ
Translation of year 3, sacred
Reverse design eagle standing, left, with wreath in beak on palm branch; club in left field
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.65 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 33, Prieur 141
Specimens 16 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4, 7–8, 10: same obv. die. 5–6, 9, 11: same obv. die.
Note Obv. legend starts at one o'clock. 13 coins, 3 obv. dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 318
2 2     McAlee coll. (ex Empire Coins 3, 1985, lot 186; Schulten, 8 Nov. 1982, lot 301)
3 3     Schøyen TIT 7 (ex Münchener Münzhandlung K. Kress 184, 20 Nov. 1982, lot 1217)
4 4     Schøyen TIT 11 (Hebron hoard 1993 4/65)
5 5     Schøyen TIT 16 (Hebron hoard 1993 9/65)
6 6     Schøyen TIT 17 (Hebron hoard 1993 10/65)
7 7     Schøyen TIT 18 (Hebron hoard 1993 11/65)
8 8     Schøyen TIT 20 (Hebron hoard 1993 13/65)
9 9     Schøyen TIT 23 (Hebron hoard 1993 16/65)
10 10     Schøyen TIT 25 (Hebron hoard 1993 18/65)
11 11     Schøyen TIT 39 (Hebron hoard 1993 31/65)
12 12     O
13 13     J-MJA
14 14     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (Savoca 32 Blue, 23 May 2020, lot 1243)
15 15     R. Effler coll. = Prieur 141
16 16     Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 444