RPC II, 1952

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1952
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 4, year 1
Dating AD 69
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, r
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design eagle with wreath in beak on a laurel wreath to left; in field palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.38 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 70, McAlee 18, Prieur 118
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die as 1953/1, 6, 8–12, 14–16, 19, 22.
Note 3 coins, 1 obv. die shared with 1953
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Morel 5/1908
2 2     Schøyen VES 346 = ex MünzZentrum 64, 1988, lot 153 = CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 611
3 3     McAlee
4 4     ✸ CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 573 (ex M. Prieur coll.; ex Archaeological Center 41, 2 Oct. 2007, lot 144)
5 5     R. Effler coll. (ex Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 341; Naumann 109, 17 Oct. 2021, lot 100)