RPC II, 10

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 10
Province Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Second emission
Dating AD 77
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΣΕΒ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Η
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Σεβ(αστὸς) Οὐεσπ(ασιανὸς) ὕπα(τος) τὸ ηʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, consul for the eighth time
Obverse design bare head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, with thunderbolt and sceptre
Metal copper
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.34 g
Axis 12
Reference Sv 42
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0110.11
2 2     L: 1927,0310.3
3 3     L: 1947,0606.1400
4 4     ✸ P: 633 Sv pl. XXXIII.9
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: 5538
7 7     A: 1891–2 KH 55
8 8     A: 1891–2 KH 56
9 9     G Hunter II, p. 165, no. 9 and pl. XL.4: rev. = SNG 346
10 10     A. Tricarico coll.