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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8292913, member: 82616&quot;]Another interesting coin in my <i>Off the Beaten Path</i> series. This one has a neat double portrait and an architectural reverse (and I do love architectural types!). Plus, it&#039;s from our own [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]&#039;s new Vcoins store! I couldn&#039;t resit it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1466116[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus and Domitian as Caesars [Vespasian]</b></p><p>Æ26, 8.34g</p><p>Stobi (Macedonia) mint, undated</p><p>Obv: T CAESAR IMP DOMITIANVS CAESAR; Laureate and draped bust of Titus, r., seen from rear, facing head of Domitian, l.</p><p>Rev: MVNICIPI STOBENSIVM; Temple with four columns; inside, cult figure; globe on pediment</p><p>RPC 311 (8 spec.).</p><p>Acquired from JAZ Numismatics, March 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stobi in Macedonia became a Roman municipium sometime during the First century, perhaps under Vespasian. It was an important, flourishing city in the region situated at the crucial junction of the Axios and Erigon rivers. The city&#039;s first coins were struck under Vespasian, which might lend credence to municipium status being granted at this time. This undated copper diassaria(?) features Latin legends and dual portraits of the two Flavian princes on the obverse and an unknown temple on the reverse. Titus Caesar is given prominence over Domitian with his draped bust and left placement. The unidentified temple on the reverse possibly depicts a well known structure located within the city, or may just simply be a standard symbolic ethnic design. The figure depicted inside the structure may be a cult statue of Zeus, possibly attributing the temple to that deity.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your Macedonian coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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