RPC II, 1946

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1946
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 3, year 2
Dating AD 69/70
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right; in field lituus
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ Β ΙΕΡΟΥ
Reverse design eagle standing, left, on club; in field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 335
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note 1 coin, 1 obv. die

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12–13 Apr. 2024, lot 377 = Müller 56, 1987, lot 255
2 2     CGT coll. (ex Savoca 4th Blue London Auction, 14 July 2019, lot 525)