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
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription LEG V LEG VI[I]
Reverse design eagle on thunderbolt between two standards
Metal bronze
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Krzyżanowska p. 136
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5: same obv. die.
Note 3 obv. dies

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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