RPC II, 1347

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1347
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Blaundus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Ιtalicus (proconsul) ; Tiberius Claudius Phoenix
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Vespasian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΦΟΙΝΙΞ ΕΠΙ ΙΤΑΛΙΚΟΥ ΒΛΑΟΥΝΔΕΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Φοῖνιξ ἐπὶ Ἰταλικοῦ Βλαουνδέων Μακεδόνων
Translation Tiberius Claudius Phoenix, under Italicus, of the Macedonian Blaundians
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, leaning on column and holding up thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.43 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 70; Cop 88; Stumpf 328–9
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 6–7: same pair of dies. 2: same obv. die as 1346/7. 4: same obv. die as 1346/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 71
2 2     L BMC 70
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: I-B MG p. 385, no. 9
5 5     Cop SNG 88
6 6     Cop SNG 89
7 7     V: GR 19385
8 8     Malloy 23, 1987, lot 83
9 9     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts EA 71, 16–18 June 2019, lot 817
10 10     A. Tricarico coll.
11 11     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 111 Blue Auction, 28-29 Aug. 2021, lot 1054)