RPC II, 1950

 

Image of specimen #29

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1950
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 3, year 4
Dating AD 71/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Αὐτοκράτ(ορος) Καίσα(ρος) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ Δ ΙΕΡΟΥ
Edition ἔτους δʹ ἱεροῦ ἔτους δʹ ἱεροῦ
Translation of year 4, sacred
Reverse design eagle standing, left, on club; in field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.18 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 87, McAlee 15
Specimens 30 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6–7, 15: same obv. die. 3, 21: same obv. die. 5, 16: same obv. die. 9, 18: same obv. die. 13, 20: same obv. die. 14, 19: same obv. die.
Note 28 coins, 20 obv. dies (single obv. dies: 2; 4; 8; 10; 11;12; 17; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 233
2 2     C McClean 9381
3 3     G Hunter III, p. 159, no 132
4 4     P: 288
5 5     P: Gaudin
6 6     P: Chandon
7 7     B: Rauch
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     NY: 1944.100.63483
10 10     J-MJA
11 11     Prieur coll.
12 12     McAlee coll. = ex MM FPL 336, July 1972, lot 31 = Niggeler 667 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 582 (ex M. Prieur coll.)
13 13     Tiberias hoard 28
14 14     Tiberias hoard 28
15 15     Schøyen VES 133
16 16     Schøyen VES 160
17 17     Schøyen VES 162 = Walker 1478
18 18     Schøyen VES 163 = Walker 1477
19 19     Schøyen VES 182
20 20     Schøyen VES 185 = ex Sotheby's, 26 Oct. 1977, lot 64 = Better, Aug. 1973, lot 260
21 21     Schøyen VES 199
22 22     Schøyen VES 201
23 23     Schøyen VES 235
24 24     Schøyen VES 439
25 25     Schøyen VES 486 = ex Hirsch I79, 1993, lot 845
26 26     Schøyen VES 540
27 27     Schøyen VES 541
28 28     Schøyen VES 572
29 29     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 130, 2 July 2023, lot 421
30 30     Richard McAlee coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 155, 3 August 2025, lot 426)