RPC II, 1965

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1965
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
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ Γ ΙΕΡΟΥ
Reverse design eagle standing, left, with wreath in beak on palm branch; club in left field
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 30
Specimens 25 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 12, 17–18: same obv. die. 2, 10: same obv. die. 4, 11, 20: same obv. die. 5–9, 21–3: same obv. die. 13–16: same obv. die.
Note 23 coins, 6 obv. dies (single obv. die: 19)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Prieur coll. = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 581= Triton XXV, 11-12 Jan. 2022, lot 662
2 2     B: 11617
3 3     Schøyen VES 227
4 4     Schøyen VES 413
5 5     Schøyen VES 414
6 6     Schøyen VES 521
7 7     Schøyen VES 523
8 8     Schøyen VES 525
9 9     Schøyen VES 526
10 10     Schøyen VES 527
11 11     Schøyen VES 528
12 12     Schøyen VES 529
13 13     Schøyen VES 531
14 14     Schøyen VES 532
15 15     Schøyen VES 533
16 16     Schøyen VES 534
17 17     Schøyen VES 535
18 18     Schøyen VES 536
19 19     Schøyen VES 591
20 20     J-MJA
21 21     J-MJA
22 22     J-MJA
23 23     J-MJA
24 24     A. Tricarico Coll.
25 25     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 187th Silver, 10 Dec. 2023, lot 186)