RPC II, 1937

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1937
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 1, year 2
Dating AD 69/70
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Αὐτοκράτ(ορος) Καίσα(ρος) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Β
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 2
Reverse design eagle standing, right, on thunderbolt; in right field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.04 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 75a, McAlee 325
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6, 8: same obv. die. 9, 11: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     O
3 3     P: 274
4 4     Mu
5 5     Prieur coll.
6 6     Spaer coll.
7 7     McAlee coll.
8 8     Schøyen VES 193
9 9     Schøyen VES 488 = CNG XXVII, 1993, lot 1295
10 10     Schøyen VES 565
11 11     Better Auction 5, 12 Mar. 1974, 243
12 12     A. Tricarico coll.
13 13     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 132, 3 Sept. 2023, lot 381