RPC II, 1970

 

Image of specimen #71

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1970
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 7, year 1
Dating AD 69
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Α
Reverse design eagle with wreath in beak on a club to left; in left field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Wruck 74 and 72, McAlee 35–6
Specimens 71 (9 in the core collections)
Note 68 coins, 15 obv. dies, 1 shared with 1971. Same obv. dies: Engraver A ('MAster'): 4, 12, 28, 32 and 60; 10, 27, 31 and 53; 16, 52 and 61; 21, 33, 41 and 45; 23 (shared with 1971/18, 31-2, 53, 57, 73-4, 77 and 84). Engraver B (Anonymous): 1-2, 7-8, 11, 15, 21, 24, 26, 29-30, 42, 49, 50-1, 58 and 67; 3, 13, 18-9 and 63; 5-6, 9, 14, 17 and 26; 22, 39 and 55; 35, 56 and 66; 38, 40, 46, 54, 59 and 64; 44, 47, 48, 62 and 65. Single obv. dies: 36; 57 (Engraver B).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1907,0505.1
2 2     L: 1930,0812.28
3 3     P: 273
4 4     B: Gansauge
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: Fox
7 7     NY
8 8     NY
9 9     NY
10 10     J-R
11 11     J-R
12 12     J-R
13 13     Tiberias hoard 18
14 14     Tiberias hoard 32
15 15     Tiberias hoard 32
16 16     Prieur coll. = CNG EA 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 338 (ex Giessener Münzhandlung 42, 11 Oct. 1988, lot 412)
17 17     Spaer coll.
18 18     Spaer coll.
19 19     Trade Baldwin 1977
20 20     Trade Baldwin 1977
21 21     MM FPL 312, May 1970, lot 43
22 22     Better, Israel, Aug. 1973, lot 381
23 23     Schulman 254, 1971, lot 4268
24 24     Schøyen VES 85 (West Bank hoard 1976 1/21)
25 25     Schøyen VES 86 (West Bank hoard 1976 2/21)
26 26     Schøyen VES 98 (West Bank hoard 1976 14/21)
27 27     Schøyen VES 159
28 28     Schøyen VES 165 (ex Numismatica XVII, 1977, lot 98)
29 29     Schøyen VES 208
30 30     Schøyen VES 209
31 31     Schøyen VES 213
32 32     Schøyen VES 233 (ex Superior, 12–15 June 1978, lot 2732)
33 33     Schøyen VES 253
34 34     Schøyen VES 258 (ex Knopek, 11–12, May 1979, lot 1432)
35 35     Schøyen VES 268
36 36     Schøyen VES 280
37 37     Schøyen VES 301
38 38     Schøyen VES 321
39 39     Schøyen VES 345 (ex Muünz Zentrum 63, 1988, lot 1423)
40 40     Schøyen VES 379
41 41     Schøyen VES 392 (ex MM FPL 546, Aug. 1991, lot 199)
42 42     Schøyen VES 403
43 43     Schøyen VES 410
44 44     Schøyen VES 430
45 45     Schøyen VES 434 (ex Hirsch 176, 1992, lot 555)
46 46     Schøyen VES 440
47 47     Schøyen VES 447
48 48     Schøyen VES 460
49 49     Schøyen VES 461
50 50     Schøyen VES 462
51 51     Schøyen VES 463
52 52     Schøyen VES 464
53 53     Schøyen VES 465
54 54     Schøyen VES 468
55 55     Schøyen VES 469
56 56     Schøyen VES 472
57 57     Schøyen VES 520 (Bethlehem hoard 1993 5/9)
58 58     Schøyen VES 542 (Hebron hoard 1993 52/65)
59 59     Schøyen VES 547 (Hebron hoard 1993 57/65)
60 60     Schøyen VES 581 (Nazareth area hoard 1995 18/51)
61 61     Schøyen VES 582 (Nazareth area hoard 1995 19/51)
62 62     Schøyen VES 583 (Nazareth area hoard 1995 20/51)
63 63     Schøyen VES 587 (Nazareth area hoard 1995 24/51)
64 64     Schøyen VES 588 (Nazareth area hoard 1995 25/51)
65 65     Schøyen VES 590 (Nazareth area hoard 1995 27/51)
66 66     Schøyen VES 594 (ex Lanz 72, 1995, lot 552)
67 67     Schøyen VES 596 (ex MM 81, 1995, lot 751)
68 68     Schøyen VES 598
69 69     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 2078
70 70     A. Tricarico Coll. (ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 343
71 71     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 343