RPC II, 1954

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1954
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 4, year 2
Dating AD 69/70
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 ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Β
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 2
Reverse design eagle with wreath in beak standing left, on club.; in left field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.43 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Wruck 76, McAlee 22
Specimens 64 (20 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 6, 48: same obv. die. 3, 12: same obv. die. 4, 13, 22, 34: same obv. die. 5, 26, 46, 51, 54: same obv. die. 7, 16, 24–5, 47, 59, 62: same obv. die. 8, 14, 39, 50: same obv. die. 9, 57: same obv. die. 10, 23, 36, 45, 52, 56, 61: same obv. die. 11, 30: same obv. die. 15, 28–9, 32, 41–2: same obv. die. 17, 43, 58: same obv. die. 18–19, 40: same obv. die. 21, 38: same obv. die as 1953/7, 18. 27, 55: same obv. die. 31, 37: same obv. die. 33, 53: same obv. die. 35, 44: same obv. die.
Note 63 coins, 21 obv. dies (singe obv. dies: 1; 49; 60), 1 shared with 1953 (21, 38: same pair of dies as 1953/7 and 18: on the rev., A recut into B).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 227
2 2     L BMC 228
3 3     L: 1930,0812.29
4 4     O
5 5     C McClean 9379
6 6     G Hunter III, p. 129, no. 129
7 7     G Hunter III, p. 129, no. 130
8 8     P: 277
9 9     P: 278
10 10     P: R 2784
11 11     P: Chandon
12 12     P: Chandon
13 13     B: Löbb.
14 14     B: 10078
15 15     J-R
16 16     J-R
17 17     J-SBF Cafarnao III, 777
18 18     J-SBF
19 19     Tiberias 18
20 20     Tiberias 18
21 21     Tiberias 20
22 22     Tiberias 20
23 23     NY: 1956.127.2287
24 24     NY: 1956.127.2288
25 25     NY: 1956.127.2289
26 26     NY: 1956.127.2290
27 27     NY: 1944.100.61942
28 28     NY: 1944.100.61943
29 29     Prieur coll. = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 578 = Roma XVIII, 29 Sept. 2019, lot 757
30 30     Prieur coll.
31 31     Spaer coll.
32 32     Trade Baldwin 1977 = Walker 1463
33 33     Knopek, 7–8 Apr. 1978, lot 407
34 34     Schøyen VES 25
35 35     Schøyen VES 87
36 36     Schøyen VES 88
37 37     Schøyen VES 143 = CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 613
38 38     Schøyen VES 177 = Walker 1459
39 39     Schøyen VES 192
40 40     Schøyen VES 219
41 41     Schøyen VES 220
42 42     Schøyen VES 221
43 43     Schøyen VES 222
44 44     Schøyen VES 223
45 45     Schøyen VES 248 = exNumismatica XXI, 1978, lot 747
46 46     Schøyen VES 271 = ex Coin Galleries NY, The Numismatic Review and FPL, II, 2, 1980, lot D 338
47 47     Schøyen VES 288 = ex MünzZentrum 46, 1982, lot140
48 48     Schøyen VES 302
49 49     Schøyen VES 309 = ex Peus 313, 1985, lot 4 = ex Ahlstrøm 37, 1988, lot 2109
50 50     Schøyen VES 369 = ex Superior Galleries MBS, 21 Sept. 1990, lot 159
51 51     Schøyen VES 385
52 52     Schøyen VES 386
53 53     Schøyen VES 433 = ex Peus 334, 1992, lot 1053
54 54     Schøyen VES 443 = ex Hirsch 175, 1992, lot 776
55 55     Schøyen VES 445 = ex SNC 9/1992, lot6548
56 56     Schøyen VES 453
57 57     Schøyen VES 459
58 58     Schøyen VES 510
59 59     Schøyen VES 513
60 60     Schøyen VES 514
61 61     Schøyen VES 554
62 62     Schøyen VES 556
63 63     ✸ Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 12, 30 may 2020, lot 911
64 64     A. Tricarico Coll.