RPC II, 2270

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2270
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Agrippa year 26, struck in Rome
Dating AD 85/6
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG GER COS XII
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Divi Vesp(asiani) f(ilius) Domitian(us) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) Co(n)s(ul) duo(decimum)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian, son of the divine Vespasian, Augustus, Germanicus, consul for the twelfth time
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription SALVTI AVGVST, ΕΠΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ, ΕΤ - ΚϚ (in field) / S C (in exergue)
Edition Saluti August(i) ἐπὶ βα(σιλέως) Ἀγρί(ππα) ἔτ(ους) κϛʹ S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation to the health of the Augustus, under King Agrippa, of year 26, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.51 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Meshorer 34
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sotheby, 7 Mar. 1996, lot 131
2 2     J. Samel coll. = Das Heilige Land no. 190 = Künker 334, 17 Mar. 2020, lot 2162
3 3     Private coll. = Meshorer pl. 14, 34
4 4     Milan SNG 126
5 5     ✸ NAC 59, 4 Apr. 2011, lot 1356
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 221
7 7     Galst coll. = CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 771 = Shoshana Collection (Part I, Heritage 3003, 8 March 2012), lot 20183
8 8     V: GR 22647