RPC II, 1421

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1421
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Amorium
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Vipsanius Silvanus
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανός Καῖσαρ
Translation Vespasian Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΟΥΙΨΑΝΙΟΥ ΑΜΟΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Λ(ουκίου) Οὐιψανίου Ἀμοριανῶν Ἀμοριανῶν
Translation under Lucius Vipsanius Silvanus, of the Amorians
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, with thunderbolt and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.13 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 34; Cop 124; Katsari G16–33, pp. 73–4 and pl. 7
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 7: same rev. die.
Note 1–11: probably same obv. die. The N in ΟΥΙΨΑΝΙΟΥ and both Ns in ΑΜΟΡΙΑΝΩΝ are retrograde.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2124 vA 3403
2 2     L: 1979,0101.2125 vA (not in SNG)
3 3     L BMC 34
4 4     P: 293
5 5     P: 295 Wa 5612
6 6     B: 8319 TF
7 7     V: GR 34305
8 8     Cop SNG 124
9 9     Schøyen coll. = Knopek Lagerliste, 5 Oct. 1980, lot 271
10 10     Afyon: 1805
11 11     Knopek, Dec. 1979, lot 399
12 12     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Numismatic Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 429)
13 13     CGT coll. = Naumann 84, 1 Dec. 2019, lot 233
14 14     ✸ Naville Numismatics 91, 11 Aug. 2024, lot 316