RPC II, 1944

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1944
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, lituus
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Wruck 82 corr., McAlee 8
Specimens 15 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die. 3, 5: same obv. die as 1943/2–4. 4, 8: same obv. die. 6–7, 9–10: same obv. die.
Note 11 coins, 4 obv. dies, 1 shared with 1943
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Chandon
2 2     B: Löbb. Wruck 82, pl. 4
3 3     NY
4 4     NY: 1944.100.63463
5 5     J-SBF
6 6     Prieur coll.
7 7     Schøyen VES 142
8 8     Schøyen VES 205
9 9     Schøyen VES 327
10 10     Schøyen VES 575
11 11     Ronde coll.
12 12     A. Tricarico coll.
13 13     Boston: 68.170
14 14     Richard McAlee coll.
15 15     ✸ CNG Triton XXVII, 9 Jan. 2024, lot 490