RPC II, 2266

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2266
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Agrippa year 25, struck in Rome
Dating AD 84/5
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG GER COS X
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Divi Vesp(asiani) f(ilius) Domitian(us) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) Co(n)s(ul) X
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of the divine Vespasian, Domitian Augustus Germanicus consul for the tenth time
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription SALVTI AVGVST, ΕΠΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ, ΕΤ - ΚΕ (in field), S C (in exergue)
Edition Saluti August(i) ἐπὶ Βα(σιλέως) Ἀγρί(ππα) ἔτ(ους) κεʹ S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation for the health of the Emperor, under King Agrippa, of year 25, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.89 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Meshorer 26
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1984,0536.3
2 2     ✸ J. Samel coll. = Das Heilige Land no. 181 = Meshorer pl. 13, 26 = Künker 334, 17 Mar. 2020, lot 2158
3 3     J. Samel coll. = Das Heilige Land no. 182 = Künker 334, 17 Mar. 2020, lot 2159
4 4     Milan SNG 125
5 5     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 23rd online auction, 17 June 2018, lot 317)
6 6     CNG EA 434, 12 Dec. 2018, lot 263
7 7     IMJ Sofaer 218
8 8     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
9 9     A. Tricarico coll.
10 10     Galst coll. = CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 769