RPC II, 1815

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1815
Province Cyprus
Region Cyprus
City Koinon of Cyprus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Year 10 (Ι)
Dating AD 77/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τός)
Translation Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, left
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, Ι (between the antae)
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ ιʹ
Translation of the new holy year 10
Reverse design temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, in which canonical xoanon; in exergue, corn-ear, left
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.42 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Prieur 1571
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5: same obv. die as 1813/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1952.142.324
3 3     NY: 1944.100.62173
4 4     V: GR 37650
5 5     Numismatic Archive A. Pitsillides
6 6     Prieur coll.
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 443, Prieur coll., 1 May 2019, lot 304 (Prieur 1571: this coin)