RPC II, 1939


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Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	1939
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
Reverse inscription	ΕΤΟΥΣ Β
Edition	ἔτους βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	eagle standing, left, on thunderbolt; in left field, palm branch
Metal	silver
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	14.44 g
Axis	12
Reference	Walker 1442
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Schøyen VES 194	27	14.42	12		Show
2	2	Butcher coll.	27	14.07	12	ΕΤΟΥΣ can be read below thunderbolt: probably for ΕΤΟΥΣ B; XRF analysis: Ag 83.50% (Walker 1442).	Show
3	3 ✸	Roma Numismatics Ltd. E-Sale 113, 28 Sept. 2023, 553	25	14.84	12		Show