RPC II, 1943

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1943
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 small head of Vespasian, left, with drapery on far shoulder, above eagle standing left, left wing extended
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 McAlee 9
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same obv. die as 1944/3, 5.
Note 10 coins, 3 obv. dies, 1 shared with 1944 (single obverse die: 1)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Schøyen VES 519
2 2     Schøyen VES 560 = ex CNG XXXI, 1994, lot 1296
3 3     Spaer coll.
4 4     A. Cahn, 30 May 1932, lot 385
5 5     P: 280
6 6     P: Chandon
7 7     C McClean 9378
8 8     McAlee coll.
9 9     ✸ Prieur coll. = ex Schulten, June 1982, lot 605
10 10     Ronde coll.
11 11     A. Tricarico coll.