RPC II, 1951

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1951
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 3, year 5
Dating AD 72/3
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 Ε ΙΕΡΟΥ
Edition ἔτους εʹ ἱεροῦ ἔτους εʹ ἱεροῦ
Translation of year 5, sacred
Reverse design eagle standing, left, on club; in field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.42 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 90, McAlee 16
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4, 8: same obv. die. 2, 7: same obv. die.
Note 8 coins, 3 obv. dies (single obv. die: 5)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. Wruck 90
2 2     NY
3 3     Tiberias hoard 31
4 4     Tiberias hoard 31
5 5     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Prieur coll.)
6 6     Hirsch 146, 1985, lot 300
7 7     Schøyen VES 30
8 8     Schøyen VES 298
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 334 (ex M. Prieur coll. ex Heritage 3021, 6 Jan. 2013, lot 21325)
10 10     Richard McAlee coll. (ex The Coin Cabinet, Ancients Auction 11, 27 June 2024, lot 359)