RPC II, 631

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 631
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar)
Magistrate Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΙΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τίτος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστοῦ υἰὸς
Translation Emperor Titus Caesar son of the Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗΝΟΥ ΑΣΠΡΗΝΑ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΝΕΙ-ΚΑΙ ΠΡ ΒΙ (in field)
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Σαλουιδηνοῦ Ἀσπρηνᾶ ἀνθυπάτου Νεικαι(εῖς) πρῶτοι Βι(θυνίας)
Translation under Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas, proconsul, the Nicaeans first of Bithynia
Reverse design cista with panther skin and cornucopia
Metal brass
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.98 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 52, Stumpf 384
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same obv. die. 2–3: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1322 vA 7014
2 2     L: 1920,0516.45
3 3     P: 809 Wa 395 = Rec pl. LXVII.7
4 4     vA 538
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 329, 25 June 2014, lot 257