RPC II, 1916

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1916
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Aurei and denarii: group 3
Dating AD 70
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Vespasianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription VIRTVS AVGVST
Edition Virtus August(i)
Translation Virtue of the Augustus
Reverse design Virtus standing, right, holding spear set on round shield and parazonium, left foot on prow
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.38 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference BMCRE 499–501, RIC 354
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1542
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 499 pl. 18, 9
2 2     L BMCRE 500
3 3     L BMCRE 501 pl. 18, 10
4 4     P: 3931
5 5     ✸ B: 18221694
6 6     Rome
7 7     NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 516 (ex Gitbud & Naumann 37, 2015, lot 647)