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RPC 1605 Titus as Caesar [Vespasian]
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Æ19, 6.21g
Antioch Pisidia (Galatia-Cappadocia) mint, 76 AD
Obv: T CAES IMP PONT; Head of Titus, laureate, r.
Rev: ANT COL; Priest holding vexillum ploughing with two oxen, r.; above, crescent
RPC 1605 (9 spec.).
Acquired from eBay, June 2022.
Antioch Pisidia became a Roman colony under Augustus. Coins were sparingly struck under Augustus (probably a foundational issue) and Nero. Under Vespasian a small issue was struck commemorating the foundation of the colony by the veterans of the 5th and 7th legions. Although this coin is undated, it is in similar style to those struck in 76 with Vespasian as COS VII and Titus Caesar as COS V. The ploughing ritual depicted is the creation of a boundary known as the sulcus primigenius, the first furrow, which delineated the line of the pomerium. The pomerium was a city’s ritual boundary which demarcation the sacred from the profane. The creation of this boundary was the first step in the foundation of a new colony.
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![RPC 1605 Titus as Caesar [Vespasian]
Æ19, 6.21g
Antioch Pisidia (Galatia-Cappadocia) mint, 76 AD
Obv: T CAES IMP PONT; Head of Titus, laureate, r.
Rev: ANT COL; Priest holding vexillum ploughing with two oxen, r.; above, crescent
RPC 1605 (9 spec.).
Acquired from eBay, June 2022.
Antioch Pisidia became a Roman colony under Augustus. Coins were sparingly struck under Augustus (probably a foundational issue) and Nero. Under Vespasian a small issue was struck commemorating the foundation of the colony by the veterans of the 5th and 7th legions. Although this coin is undated, it is in similar style to those struck in 76 with Vespasian as COS VII and Titus Caesar as COS V. The ploughing ritual depicted is the creation of a boundary known as the sulcus primigenius, the first furrow, which delineated the line of the pomerium. The pomerium was a city’s ritual boundary which demarcation the sacred from the profane. The creation of this boundary was the first step in the foundation of a new colony.](albums/userpics/11162/RPC1605aa.jpg "RPC 1605 Titus as Caesar [Vespasian]
Æ19, 6.21g
Antioch Pisidia (Galatia-Cappadocia) mint, 76 AD
Obv: T CAES IMP PONT; Head of Titus, laureate, r.
Rev: ANT COL; Priest holding vexillum ploughing with two oxen, r.; above, crescent
RPC 1605 (9 spec.).
Acquired from eBay, June 2022.
Antioch Pisidia became a Roman colony under Augustus. Coins were sparingly struck under Augustus (probably a foundational issue) and Nero. Under Vespasian a small issue was struck commemorating the foundation of the colony by the veterans of the 5th and 7th legions. Although this coin is undated, it is in similar style to those struck in 76 with Vespasian as COS VII and Titus Caesar as COS V. The ploughing ritual depicted is the creation of a boundary known as the sulcus primigenius, the first furrow, which delineated the line of the pomerium. The pomerium was a city’s ritual boundary which demarcation the sacred from the profane. The creation of this boundary was the first step in the foundation of a new colony.")
