RPC II, 1479

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1479
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 AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Vespasian(us) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, left
Reverse inscription PONT MAX TR P P P COS VIII CENS S C
Edition Pont(ifex) 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 wreath in right hand and palm in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.78 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kraay —
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1506
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lanz 82, 1997, lot 310
2 2     CNG XXXII, 1994, lot 286
3 3     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 25 Blue, 26 Oct. 2019, lot 1466
4 4     NY: 2009.3.4