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
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Σεβασ(τὸς) Οὐεσπασιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasianus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΕΙΑϹ ΕΤ ΑΠ
Edition Ἀμασείας ἔτ(ους) απʹ
Translation of Amasea, of year 81
Reverse design veiled head of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.31 g
Axis 1, 5, 9
Reference Rec 6a corr., Dalaison, Vespasien 5-7
Specimens 12 (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)
12 12     Hera Numismatics 2, 8 Nov. 2024, lot 478