RPC II, 1963

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1963
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 6, year 3
Dating AD 70/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Οὐεσπασιαν(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, r
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ Γ ΙΕΡΟΥ
Edition ἔτους γʹ ἱεροῦ
Translation of year 3, sacred
Reverse design eagle standing, left, with wreath in beak on palm branch; club in left field
Metal silver
Average weight 14.10 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 83 corr., McAlee 28
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5–8: same obv. die. 2, 4: same obv. die.
Note 9 coins, 3 obv. dies (single obv. die: 3)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Schøyen VES 412
2 2     Schøyen VES 164
3 3     Schøyen VES 228
4 4     Schøyen VES 250
5 5     Schøyen VES 522
6 6     Schøyen VES 524
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     Spaer coll.
9 9     McAlee coll. = ex Coin Galleries, 17 Nov. 1981, lot 295