Alexandria: Titus (69/79-81 AD) [ AL_0324 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Titus mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Brustbild des Nil nach rechts, über rechter Schulter Lotusblüte; im Feld rechts L Γ |
| Depicted Person |
Titus (69/79-81 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Nile (in portrait, holding, wearing)
Taenia (worn)
Himation (worn)
Lotus (bud) (held)
|
| Legend (edited) | [· ΑΥΤΟ]Κ(ΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ) ΤΙΤΟΥ ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡΟΣ) ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝ[ΟΥ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΥ)] | ΝΙ-ΛΟΣ |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤΟΚ ΤΙΤΟΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ ΣΕΒ | ΝΙΛΟΣ |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in lower right field
:
L Γ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC II 2466 | |
| Reference Literature |
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
280
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
830 Taf. 16
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. I (Augustus – Trajan Nr. 1-740), Opladen 1974.
No.
324
(This sample)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
462
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
17
|
|
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
44f.
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