RPC II, 1630

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1630
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Year 81
Dating AD 78/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΕΙΑϹ ΕΤ ΑΠ
Reverse design veiled head of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 5, 9
Reference Rec 6a corr., Dalaison, Vespasien 5-7
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6, 9: same obv. die.
Note Rec also cites Prowe

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1965/699 Dalaison 5a and Pl. 1 = SNG 880
2 2     vA 17 = Dalaison 6b and Pl. 1
3 3     Schøyen coll. = Dalaison 6a
4 4     Schøyen coll. = Dalaison 7a and Pl. 1
5 5     Lindgren A5A = Dalaison 7b and Pl. 1
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 155, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 212
7 7     R. Effler coll
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 6 Blue, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 857)
10 10     R. Effler coll. (ex Aquila 5, 25 Sept. 2022, lot 289)
11 11     priv Coll H.I. (ex Naumann 132, 3 Sep. 2023, lot 354)