RPC II, 1947

 

Image of specimen #39

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1947
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 3, year 3
Dating AD 70/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτ(ορος) Καίσα(ρος) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ Γ ΙΕΡΟΥ
Edition ἔτους γʹ ἱεροῦ
Translation of year 3, sacred
Reverse design eagle standing, left, on club; in field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.45 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 86, McAlee 336
Specimens 41 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5, 16, 26: same obv. die. 2, 11, 14–15, 33: same obv. die. 3, 23: same obv. die. 4, 35: same obv. die. 6: same obv. die as 1945/8, 22. 7–8, 18, 30: same obv. die as 1948/1. 10, 29: same obv. die. 12, 21: same obv. die. 13, 27: same obv. die. 20, 22: same obv. die.
Note 38 coins, 20 obv. dies (single obv. dies: 6 (shared with 1945/8 and 22); 9; 17; 19; 25; 31; 32; 34; 36; 37; 38)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 231
2 2     O
3 3     P: 285
4 4     P: 286
5 5     B: Morel 5/1908
6 6     NY: 1944.100.63486
7 7     NY: 1944.100.63466
8 8     Tiberias 26
9 9     Tiberias 26
10 10     Tiberias 26
11 11     Tiberias 26
12 12     Tiberias 26
13 13     Tiberias 26
14 14     Prieur coll.
15 15     Trade Baldwin 1977 = Walker 1472
16 16     Trade Baldwin 1977 = Walker 1474
17 17     Schøyen VES 104
18 18     Schøyen VES 117 = ex Numismatica XIII, 1976, lot 736
19 19     Schøyen VES 167 = ex Münchener Münzhandlung K. Kress 169, 1977, lot 659/1
20 20     Schøyen VES 181
21 21     Schøyen VES 197
22 22     Schøyen VES 198
23 23     Schøyen VES 260 = ex Coin Galleries NY MBS, 1 June 1979, lot 979
24 24     Schøyen VES 262 = Glendining, 12 July 1979, lot 674
25 25     Schøyen VES 297
26 26     Schøyen VES 310 = ex MünzZentrum 56, 1985, lot 479
27 27     Schøyen VES 328
28 28     Schøyen VES 332
29 29     Schøyen VES 389
30 30     Schøyen VES 393 = ex MM FPL 546, Aug. 1991, lot 200
31 31     Schøyen VES 396
32 32     Schøyen VES 456
33 33     Schøyen VES 487 = ex CNG XXVII, 1993, lot 1296
34 34     Schøyen VES 557 = ex Hirsch 182, 1994, lot 674
35 35     Schøyen VES 558 = exOslo Mynthandel, 7 Oct. 1994, lot 930
36 36     Schøyen VES 570
37 37     Schøyen VES 571
38 38     Schøyen VES 597
39 39     ✸ Freiburg: 12288
40 40     A. Tricarico coll.
41 41     A. Tricarico coll. (ex CGB E-auction 163, 99794)