RPC II, 1477

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1477
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 AVGVST
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Vespasian(us) August(us)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription PON MAX TR P P P COS VIII CENS S C
Edition Pon(tifex) Max(imus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) 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 Victory advancing left, holding shield (inscribed?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.81 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kraay —, RIC II,1 V 1507
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1507
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amsterdam: v. Rede
2 2     Solidus Premium 31, 30 June 2018, lot 81
3 3     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 95th Silver Auction, 14 Feb. 2021, lot 506)
4 4     Biga Numismatics Online Auction 7, 4 Dec. 2021, lot 608