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 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, 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

# Specimen 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