RPC II, 1964

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1964
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• - ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτορος) Καίσ(αρος) Οὐεσπασια(νοῦ)
Translation of 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 14.12 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 29
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
Note 4 coins, 1 obv. die

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