RPC II, 1925

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1925
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) 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 VICTORIA AVGVSTI
Edition Victoria Augusti
Translation Victory of the Augustus
Reverse design Victory standing, facing, with right hand touching trophy on left and holding palm
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.43 g
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1551
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1923/1, 1924/6–7, 1926/1. 2–3: same obv. die as 1922/1, 1926/2–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G HCC 194
2 2     ✸ Leu 28, 1981, lot 405 = ex Dorotheum, Apostolo Zeno coll. 1, 13 June 1955, lot 414
3 3     Formerly Madrid (Alfaro 97)