RPC II, 1472

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1472
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain mint of Asia Minor of AD 77/78
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Vespasian cos VIII
Dating AD 77 or 78
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVGVSTVS
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription PONT MAX TR POT P P COS VIII CENS S C
Reverse design Ceres seated left, holding two corn-ears in right hand and lighted torch in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Kraay 3
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1498
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 1470/1, 1471/1, 6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Manchester Kraay, pl. XXII, 3
2 2     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Concordia Numismatic 10, 25 Nov. 2023, lot 359)