RPC II, 1917A

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1917A
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Aurei and denarii: group 4
Dating AD 72
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 IVSTITIA AVG
Edition Iustitia Aug(usta)
Translation Justice Augusta
Reverse design Ceres seated right, resting on sceptre and holding ears of corn
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.54 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ St. James's Auctions, Ltd 21, 19 April 2012, lot 52 (= R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, Supplement no. 2 (2020), p. 13, Fig. 18A, G)
2 2     Numismatica Ars Classica 125, 23 June 2021, lot 517 (ex Numismatica Ars Classica 86, 8 Oct. 2015, lot 161 (Gasvoda coll.)