RPC II, 1971

 

Image of specimen #100

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1971
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 7, year 2
Dating AD 69/70
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Οὐεσπασιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
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 a club to left; in left field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.29 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Wruck 78, McAlee 37
Specimens 100 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3, 8, 13, 17, 22, 36, 44, 47, 52, 55, 66: same obv. die. 4, 16, 87: same obv. die. 5–6, 29–30, 34, 92: same obv. die. 7, 20, 61: same obv. die. 9–10: same obv. die. 14, 19, 28, 50, 70, 80: same obv. die. 15, 79, 86: same obv. die. 18, 31–2, 53, 57, 73–4, 77, 84: same obv. die. 24, 40–1, 45, 49, 60, 67, 71: same obv. die.
Note 93 coins, 25 obv. dies, 1 shared with 1970, 1 with 1972.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G 1029
2 2     C SNG 5873
3 3     P: Chandon
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     NY Tell Kalak
6 6     NY Tell Kalak
7 7     NY Tell Kalak
8 8     NY
9 9     NY
10 10     J-SBF
11 11     J-R
12 12     Tel Aviv: Kadman
13 13     Tiberias hoard 23
14 14     Tiberias hoard 23
15 15     Tiberias hoard 23
16 16     Tiberias hoard 23
17 17     Tiberias hoard 32
18 18     Tiberias hoard 32
19 19     Tiberias hoard 32
20 20     Prieur coll. = CNG EA 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 340 (ex Hirsch 149, 19 Feb. 1986, lot 219)
21 21     McAlee coll.
22 22     Rauch, 4–5 June 1971, lot 153
23 23     MM FPL 441, Feb. 1982, lot 30
24 24     Schøyen VES 83
25 25     Schøyen VES 90 (West Bank hoard 1976 6/21)
26 26     Schøyen VES 91 (West Bank hoard 1976 7/21)
27 27     Schøyen VES 92 (West Bank hoard 1976 8/21)
28 28     Schøyen VES 93 (West Bank hoard 1976 9/21)
29 29     Schøyen VES 94 (West Bank hoard 1976 10/21)
30 30     Schøyen VES 95 (West Bank hoard 1976 11/21)
31 31     Schøyen VES 96 (West Bank hoard 1976 12/21)
32 32     Schøyen VES 97 (West Bank hoard 1976 13/21)
33 33     Schøyen VES 115
34 34     Schøyen VES 140
35 35     Schøyen VES 166
36 36     Schøyen VES 168
37 37     Schøyen VES 180
38 38     Schøyen VES 183 (ex Coin Galleries list 8, 1962, lot C 141; Superior Stamp an Coin, 3–5 Oct. 1977, lot 1271)
39 39     Schøyen VES 210
40 40     Schøyen VES 211
41 41     Schøyen VES 212
42 42     Schøyen VES 237
43 43     Schøyen VES 238
44 44     Schøyen VES 239
45 45     Schøyen VES 245
46 46     Schøyen VES 254
47 47     Schøyen VES 255
48 48     Schøyen VES 263
49 49     Schøyen VES 264
50 50     Schøyen VES 265
51 51     Schøyen VES 287
52 52     Schøyen VES 293
53 53     Schøyen VES 294
54 54     Schøyen VES 326
55 55     Schøyen VES 330
56 56     Schøyen VES 349
57 57     Schøyen VES 353 (ex Ahlstrøm 37, 1988, lot 2108)
58 58     Schøyen VES 355
59 59     Schøyen VES 362 (ex Superior, The Jascha Heifetz coll. Part 2, 9 Dec. 1989, lot 3194)
60 60     Schøyen VES 371 (ex MM FPL 537, Oct. 1990, lot 158)
61 61     Schøyen VES 380
62 62     Schøyen VES 381
63 63     Schøyen VES 382
64 64     Schøyen VES 383
65 65     Schøyen VES 384
66 66     Schøyen VES 404
67 67     Schøyen VES 405
68 68     Schøyen VES 406
69 69     Schøyen VES 407
70 70     Schøyen VES 408
71 71     Schøyen VES 409
72 72     Schøyen VES 444 (ex CNG XXIII, 1992, lot 426)
73 73     Schøyen VES 448
74 74     Schøyen VES 449
75 75     Schøyen VES 450
76 76     Schøyen VES 451
77 77     Schøyen VES 466
78 78     Schøyen VES 467
79 79     Schøyen VES 470
80 80     Schøyen VES 470
81 81     Schøyen VES 473
82 82     Schøyen VES 501 ('Deir Samit' hoard 1993 12/27)
83 83     Schøyen VES 502 ('Deir Samit' hoard 1993 13/27)
84 84     Schøyen VES 504 ('Deir Samit' hoard 1993 15/27)
85 85     Schøyen VES 505 ('Deir Samit' hoard 1993 16/27)
86 86     Schøyen VES 543 (Hebron hoard 1993 53/65)
87 87     Schøyen VES 544 (Hebron hoard 1993 54/65)
88 88     Schøyen VES 546 (Hebron hoard 1993 56/65)
89 89     Schøyen VES 548 (Hebron hoard 1993 58/65)
90 90     Schøyen VES 584 (Nazareth area 1993 21/51)
91 91     Schøyen VES 585 (Nazareth area hoard 1993 22/51)
92 92     Schøyen VES 586 (Nazareth area hoard 1993 23/51)
93 93     Schøyen VES 589 (Nazareth area hoard 1993 22/51)
94 94     Private coll.
95 95     Gemini X, 13 Jan. 2013, lot 768
96 96     R. Effler coll.
97 97     A. Tricarico Coll. (ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 352)
98 98     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2098
99 99     K. Krawet coll.
100 100     ✸ Yothr coll.