The Aftermaths of the Great Revolt – The Romans' Victory Celebrations and the Humiliation of the Defeated (70-81 CE). Flavian dynasty, 71-96.
Æ-20 mm, 71-73EE, Caesarea Maritima; 6,33 g. AYTOKP TIT-OC KAICAP around laureate head of Titus to r.; on the head, rectangular countermark: head r. (EE)//IOYΔΑΙΑ† ΕΑ-ΛWΚΥΙΑ† around a winged Victory standing to r., l. foot on helmet, writing AYT T KAIC on a shield hanging down from a palm tree; in the field, rectangular countermark: galley. Hendin no. 1446; Meshorer, Treasury 265 no. 381b; RPC II no. 2311; Countermarks: Howgego 135 (EE) and 409.
Rare countermarks. Fine, the countermark on the reverse good very fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 276.
A worn coin which was kept in circulation by two countermarks, the one on the reverse depicting a galley, the emblem of the Legio X Fretensis.