RPC II, 1949

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1949
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 3, year 3
Dating AD 70/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, L Γ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Οὐεσπασιανοῦ ἔτους γʹ Αὐτοκ(ράτορος) Καίσ(αρος) Σεβα(στοῦ) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, of year 3
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ Γ ΙΕΡΟΥ
Edition ἔτους γʹ ἱεροῦ ἔτους γʹ ἱεροῦ
Translation of year 3, sacred
Reverse design eagle standing, left, on club; in field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.62 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 17
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note 2 coins, 2 obv. dies; the coins are hybrids using an'Alexandrian' obv. with a 'Syrian' rev. die.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ McAlee coll. = ex Schulten, 27–9 Mar. 1990, lot 588
2 2     Tiberias hoard 27 = pl. XX, 27: obv. and 22: rev.