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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ 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 1–4: 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

# Specimen 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)
6 6     R. Effler coll. (ex Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 341; Naumann 109, 17 Oct. 2021, lot 100)