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 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
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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