RPC II, 1924

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1924
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Aurei and denarii: group 4
Dating AD 72
Obverse inscription IMP VESPAS AVG P M TRI P P P COS IIII
Edition 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 PAX AVGVSTI
Edition Pax Augusti
Translation the Peace of the Emperor
Reverse design Vespasian, naked except for cloak, standing, left, extending right hand to lift up draped woman wearing turreted crown and holding spear in left hand
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.41 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMCRE 504, RIC 356
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1550
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1922/2. 6–7: same obv. die as 1923/1, 1925/1, 1926/1. 1–5, 7–8: same rev. die.
Note 4 and 5: possibly same coin.
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.39966
2 2     L BMCRE 504 and pl. 18, 18
3 3     Mazzini dopo 322
4 4     Milan: 1728
5 5     Naville 17, 3 Oct. 1932, lot 736
6 6     P: Rothschild 151A = 1065
7 7     V: GR 1630
8 8     Rollin et Feuardent, Montagu coll., 20 Apr. 1896, lot 187
9 9     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Nudelman Numismatica 10, 13 June 2011, lot 209)
10 10     ✸ NAC 120, 6 Oct. 2020, lot 727 (ex Leu 4, 2019, lot 619)