RPC II, 1941

 

Image of specimen #5

 

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 Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ 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 Τίτου Φλαυΐου Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Καίσαρος ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ 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

# Specimen 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