RPC II, 1942

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1942
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
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, left, with drapery on far shoulder (usually obscure)
Reverse inscription (Τ) ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, Β (in field)
Reverse design laureate head of Titus, right; in left field, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 81, Prieur 108–108C, McAlee 7
Specimens 34 (13 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 6, 11, 17, 24, 26, 28: same obv. die. 2, 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, 25, 27, 29: same obv. die. 4, 8, 19, 23: same obv. die. 5, 7, 9, 13, 20: same obv. die. 15, 21: same obv. die.
Note 31 coins, 5 obv. dies (single obv. die: 16)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 224
2 2     L BMC 225
3 3     O
4 4     O
5 5     C: Corpus Christi
6 6     P: 281
7 7     P: 282
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: I-B
10 10     B: a. B.
11 11     NY
12 12     NY
13 13     NY: 1944.100.61950
14 14     A. Cahn, 26 Nov. 1930, lot 1971
15 15     Prieur coll.
16 16     Mc Alee coll. = ex MM FPL 441, Feb. 1982, lot 133 = Empire Coins 6, 14 Nov. 1986, lot 205
17 17     Schøyen VES 101
18 18     Schøyen VES 102
19 19     Schøyen VES 116
20 20     Schøyen VES 138
21 21     Schøyen VES 202
22 22     Schøyen VES 203
23 23     Schøyen VES 299
24 24     Schøyen VES 305
25 25     Schøyen VES 358
26 26     Schøyen VES 390 = ex CNG XIV, 1991, lot 438
27 27     Schøyen VES 489
28 28     Schøyen VES 559 = ex CNG XXXI, 1994, lot 1295
29 29     Schøyen VES 574
30 30     CNG 38, 1996, lot 689
31 31     Ronde coll.
32 32     ✸ CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 576 (ex M. Prieur coll.)
33 33     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Prieur coll. 108A)
34 34     CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 612