RPC II, 1615

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1615
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Hirrius Fronto Neratius Pansa (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating AD 77/8–79/80
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τὸς) Οὐεσπασιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasianus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ • Μ • ΝΕΡΑΤΙ ΠΑΝΣΑ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΟΥ•, ΚΟ - ΓΑ (in field, l. and r.)
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Νερατί(ου) Πάνσα πρεσβευτοῦ Κο(ινόν) Γα(λατίας)
Translation under Marcus Neratius Pansa legate, Koinon of Galatia
Reverse design eagle on thunderbolt facing, head left
Metal brass
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.08 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Stumpf 400, SNG France 2411
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1614/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62216
2 2     P: 1968/167 SNG 2411
3 3     S. Wagner coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 211