RPC II, 1959

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1959
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 5, year 2
Dating AD 69/70
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τορος) Καίσα(ρος) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Vespasian
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 on club to left; in left field, palm branch; crescent between eagle's legs
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.39 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 229, McAlee 26
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 7: same obv. die as 1960/1–2. 2, 6, 8: same obv. die. 4, 9: same obv. die. 5, 10: same obv. die.
Note 12 coins, 5 obv. dies
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 229
2 2     J-SBF
3 3     Tiberias hoard 22
4 4     Tiberias hoard 22
5 5     Tiberias hoard 22
6 6     Asta Ceresio, Lugano, 26 Sept. 1987, lot 236
7 7     Ciani, coll. Allotte d la Fuye, II, 1925, lot 987
8 8     Schøyen VES 226
9 9     Schøyen VES 241
10 10     Schøyen VES 244 = ex Superior Stamps and Coins, 3–4 Oct. 1978, lot 182
11 11     Schøyen VES 387
12 12     Ronde coll.
13 13     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.