RPC II, 1938

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1938
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
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Β
Reverse design eagle standing, right, on thunderbolt; in right field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 75b, McAlee 3
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die. 3–5: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     V: GR 37717 Wruck pl. 4, 75b
3 3     C McClean 9380
4 4     Schøyen VES 517
5 5     Schøyen VES 566
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 328 (ex M. Prieur coll. ex Pilartz XVIII, 16 May 1968, lot 68)
7 7     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Inasta Asta 38, lot 1050)