RPC II, 1956

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1956
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 5, 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, on club.; in left field, palm branch; crescent between eagle's legs
Metal silver
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.96 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 19
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–5: same obv. die as 1957/1.
Note 5 coins, 2 obv. dies (single obv. die: 2)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1976,1011.1
2 2     McAlee coll. = ex Empire Coins 3, 1985, lot 185
3 3     Schøyen VES 370 = ex MM FPL 537, Oct. 1990, lot 157
4 4     Schøyen VES 402
5 5     ✸ Prieur coll. = CNG EA 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 335
6 6     A. Tricarico coll.
7 7     Freiburg: 12290