RPC II, 2277

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2277
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Titus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Year 26
Dating AD 74/75
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ(Ρ) ΤΙΤΟϹ - ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟ-ΚϚ ΒΑ / ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ
Reverse design Nike standing, right, holding wreath and palm, in field, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 32a, Meshorer, Addendum 32b, Meshorer TJC 160 a-c
Specimens 21 (7 in the core collections)
Note The present chronology adopts the date of AD 60/1 for year 1 of the era used by Agrippa II, which solves a number of issues but gives the problem of having large number of issues of posthumous coinage for Vespasian and Titus.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 22
2 2     L BMC 20
3 3     L BMC 21
4 4     P: 150
5 5     P: 151
6 6     P: 152
7 7     NY: 1944.100.62874 SNG 289 = Meshorer pl. 14, 32a
8 8     J. Samel coll. = Das Heilige Land no 188 = Künker 334, 17 Mar. 2020, lot 2167
9 9     Private coll.
10 10     Sternberg XXXIII, 1997, lot 178
11 11     Gemini IX, 9 Jan. 2012, lot 466 (ex CNG 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 903)
12 12     A. Tricarico coll.
13 13     F. Vink coll. (ex CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 73)
14 14     IMJ Sofaer 229
15 15     IMJ Sofaer 230
16 16     IMJ Sofaer 231
17 17     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 28 Blue, 25 Jan. 2020, lot 875)
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     ✸ CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 787 (ex Fontanille 87, 7 July 2016, lot 7)
20 20     Naville 50, 23 June 2019, lot 213
21 21     Galst coll. = CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 789 = CNG EA 526, 2 Nov. 2022, lot 282