RPC II, 1640

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1640
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Roman style, year 7
Dating AD 74/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΕΒΔΟΜΟΥ
Reverse design Mount Argaeus; on summit, radiate figure standing, left, globe in right hand, sceptre in left hand
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6
Reference S 97, Metcalf Conspectus 8, Ganschow 74a
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required: date not legible. However, the type exists in the 'local style' (RPC 1646), so it is likely that it also exists in the 'Roman style'.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Weiser 7, pl. 8