RPC II, 1922

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1922
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Titus (Caesar)
Issue Aurei and denarii: group 4
Dating AD 72
Obverse inscription IMP VESPAS AVG P M TRI P P P COS IIII
Edition Imperator Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Pater Patriae Consul IIII Imp(erator) Vespas(ianus) Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tri(bunicia) P(otestate) P(ater) P(atriae) Co(n)s(ul) IIII
Translation Emperor Vespasian, Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power, father of the fatherland, consul for the fourth time
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Vespasian, left, with left shoulder thrust forward
Reverse inscription IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P TRI P II COS II
Edition Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Tribunicia Potestate II Consul II Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Vespas(ianus) Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) Tri(bunicia) P(otestate) II Co(n)s(ul) II
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power for the second time, consul for the second time
Reverse design head of Titus, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.89 g
Reference BMCRE p. 106; RIC 357–7A plus corrigenda, p. XV
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1549
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1925/2–3, 1926/2–3. 2: same obv. die as 1924/1–5.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 6330
2 2     ✸ Mazzini Vespasian and Titus 3 and pl. LXXVIII (ex Jameson 66; Egger, Prowe coll., 28 Nov. 1904, lot 2399)
3 3     B. Mahler coll.