RPC II, 1941

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1941
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Titus (Caesar)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 2, 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 (Τ) ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, Β (in field)
Edition Τ(ίτου) Φλαυΐ(ου) Οὐεσπ(ασιανοῦ) Καίσ(αρος) ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ
Translation of Titus Flavius Vespasianus Caesar, the new holy year 2
Reverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.73 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 329
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same obv. die as 1940/1, 9, 15, 20–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Mu
3 3     J-R
4 4     Prieur coll. = ex Gorny 60, 1992, lot 381 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 575
5 5     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex McAlee coll. 329/1)
6 6     Schøyen VES 426
7 7     Schøyen VES 438 = ex NFA XXXI, Spring MBS 1993, lot 566