RPC II, 1478

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1478
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 VESPASIANVS AVGVST
Edition Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Imp(erator) Caesar Vespasianus August(us)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription S P Q R OB C S
Edition Senatus Populusque Romanus ob cives servatos S(enatus) P(opulus)q(ue) R(omanus) ob c(ives) s(ervatos)
Translation The Senate and Roman People, for the citizens preserved
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.09 g
Axis 6
Reference Kraay —
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1510
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O Annual Report of the Ashmolean Museum, 1995–96, p. 40 and plate XI.2 (ex NAC Auction F, 17 Apr. 1996, lot 1564)
2 2     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Olympus Numismatic Auction 23, 4 July 2025, lot 538)