Perinthos in Thracia, 80-81 AD., Titus, Sestertius, RPC 502.
Titus, (Perinthos?) in Thrace, 80-81 AD.,
Æ Sestertius (33-34 mm / 24,66 g),
Obv.: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F A - VG PM TR P P PCOS VIII , laureate head of Titus right.
Rev.: S - C , Mars, nude, but largely faned out chlamys in the back; he holds trophy over his l. shoulder and spear in his r. hand.
RPC II, 88, 502 ; RIC II (old) 140, 182 (mint Lugdunum / Lyon) ; BMC 310 (Lugdunum) ; Coh. 203 ; CBN III, 240, 324 (mint "Bithynia") ; A. Burnett, Regional Coinage in Thrace and Bithynia during the Flavian Period, Studies Le Rider 95 seq. .
The coin shows the particularities emphasized by Burnett for this issue of a Thracian mint (l.c. 96): "They differ from Rome mint coins in style and fabric: the characteristics of their style are their massive portraits, their lettering and the very full representation of the figures on the reverse. The characteristic of their fabric is that the reverse is usually flat and they often have a 7 o'clock die axis.