RPC II, 1937

 

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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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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