RPC II, 1474

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1474
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
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Vespasian(us) Augustus
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription PONT MAX TR POT P P COS VIII CENS S C
Edition Pont(ifex) Max(imus) Tr(ibunicia) Pot(estate) P(ater) P(atriae) Co(n)s(ul) VIII Cens(or) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Chief priest, with tribunician power, father of the fatherland, consul for the eighth time, censor, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Jupiter standing, left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.51 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMCRE 893, Kraay 5
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1501
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1914,0908.24 BMCRE 893, pl. 43.8; Kraay, pl. XXII, 6
2 2     ✸ NY: 2009.3.3
3 3     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Bucephalus 1, 17 Dec. 2021, lot 414)