RPC II, 1603

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1603
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pisidia
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Dating AD 76
Obverse inscription IMP VESPASIANO CAESARI AVG COS VII P P
Edition Imp(eratori) Vespasiano Caesari Aug(usto) co(n)s(uli) VII p(atri) p(atriae)
Translation to Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus, consul for the seventh time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription LEG V LEG VI[I]
Edition Leg(io) V Leg(io) VII
Translation 5th Legion, 7th Legion
Reverse design eagle on thunderbolt between two standards
Metal bronze
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.65 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Krzyżanowska p. 136
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5: same obv. die. 6: same obv. die as 1603A/1.
Note 3 obv. dies

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18248536, I-B
2 2     L: G1975,1102.1
3 3     L: 1914,0908.10 NC 1914, p. 305, no. 13, pl. XIX, 10
4 4     O: N. Bey coll. E. Ritterling, ZfN 38, 1928, pp. 56–8 = E. Cahn 60, 2 July 1928, lot 1792 = Krzyżanowska p. 136, Vespasien Av. II/Rv. 3 and pl. I)
5 5     London casts 'from Sir William Ramsay's excavations at Antioch'
6 6     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Origin Numismatics 2, 22 Oct. 2021, lot 333)
7 7     F. Jarman coll. ex N&N London EA 14, 3 March 2023, lot 136