RPC II, 1929

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1929
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 Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus Consul IIII 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 VICTORIA AVGVSTI
Edition Victoria Augusti Victoria Augusti
Translation Victory of the Augustus
Reverse design Victory advancing right, about to place wreath on standard
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.18 g
Axis 6
Reference BMCRE 509, RIC 362
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1557
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1929A/1, 3.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 509 pl. 18.19
2 2     ✸ NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 522
3 3     Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. 176, 8 Sept. 2011, lot 226
4 4     Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 393, 15 March 2017, lot 232
5 5     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 224, 14 Sept. 2023, lot 137