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II, 1601
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1601
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Volume
II
Number
1601
Province
Galatia-Cappadocia
Region
Pisidia
City
Apollonia Mordiaeum
Reign
Vespasian
Person (obv.)
Vespasian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙ ϹΑΒΑϹΤ
Ω
(sic) ΟΥ
Ε
ϹΠΑϹ[ ]
Edition
Αὐτοκράτορι Καί(σαρι) Σ<ε>βαστῷ Οὐεσπασ[---]
Translation
to Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian [---]
Obverse design
laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription
ΑΠΟΛΛ
ω
ΝΙΑΤ
ω
Ν ΛΥΚΙ
ω
Ν
Edition
Ἀπολλωνιατῶν Λυκίων
Translation
of the Apollonian Lycians
Reverse design
Zeus seated, left, holding thunderbolt and spear
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
25 mm
Average weight
11.14 g
Axis
6
Reference
vA
Pisid
65
Specimens
3 (1 in the core collections)
Note
Sneh suggests that the coin depicts Vespasian, not Titus, reading the beginning of the obverse legend as ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ. But the interpretation of the inscription is very difficult. The new Biga coin shows more of the inscription but is still hard to read.
Correction
Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
B: I-B
GM
p. 167, no. 477
25
11.87
6
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2
2
✸
H Sneh coll.
25
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3
3
Biga Auction 1, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 333
24
10.40
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