RPC II, 2283

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2283
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Year 27
Dating AD 75/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥ - ΚΖ ΒΑ / ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ
Reverse design Tyche with kalathos standing, left, holding cornucopia and two corn-ears; in left field, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 38
Specimens 14 (4 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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 143
2 2     L BMC 13
3 3     L
4 4     NY: 1944.100.62869 SNG 284
5 5     J. Samel coll. = Das Heilige Land no. 195 = Künker 334, 17 Mar. 2020, lot 2170
6 6     Private coll. = Meshorer pl. 15, 38
7 7     Schøyen VES 421
8 8     A. Tricarico coll.
9 9     IMJ Sofaer 240
10 10     IMJ Sofaer 241
11 11     IMJ Sofaer 242
12 12     Galst coll. = CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 784 = CNG EA 526, 2 Nov. 2022, lot 280
13 13     ✸ CNG EA 525, 19 Oct. 2022, lot 706
14 14     CGT coll. = CNG Auction 319, 31 Jan. 2014, lot 271