RPC II, 1641

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1641
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Roman style, year 9
Dating AD 76/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖσαρ Οὐεσπασιανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΗ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Νίκη Σεβαστή
Translation August Victory
Reverse design Nike advancing right, wreath in right hand, palm in left hand
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.84 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference S 90, Metcalf Conspectus 2, Ganschow 68a
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1642/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.57788
2 2     NY: 1944.100.57786
3 3     NY: 1944.100.57787
4 4     P: 253
5 5     NY: 1983.900.45 Metcalf hoard 42
6 6     Caesarea hoard p. 158, no. 23 and pl. XXV, 21
7 7     R. Effler coll. (ex Bucephalus 7, 30 Sep. 2022, lot 836)