RPC II, 1928

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1928
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Aurei and denarii: group 5 (silver)
Dating AD 72
Obverse inscription IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Vesp(asianus) Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Co(n)s(ul) IIII
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, chief priest, consul for the fourth time
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription NEP RED
Edition Nep(tunus) Red(uci)
Translation Neptune returned
Reverse design Neptune naked standing, left, right foot on globe, holding acrostolium and vertical sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.21 g
Axis 6
Reference BMCRE 506–8, RIC 361
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1555
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 9: same rev. die as 1933/18.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1985.140.41
2 2     L BMCRE 506 pl. 10.16
3 3     L BMCRE 507
4 4     L BMCRE 508 pl. 18.17
5 5     B
6 6     B: 18219443
7 7     V: GR 6203
8 8     V: GR 6204
9 9     Rome
10 10     Turin
11 11     Turin
12 12     Milan: 1754
13 13     Cop
14 14     A. Tricarico coll.
15 15     Freiburg: 00913
16 16     NAC Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 939
17 17     ✸ NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 520