RPC II, 1973

 

Image of specimen #53

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1973
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 8, year 4
Dating AD 71/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΟΥΕϹ-ΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, l
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Δ
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ δʹ
Translation of the new holy year 4
Reverse design eagle, left, standing on garlanded altar, head right, caduceus in beak, palm left
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.41 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Wruck 88, McAlee 39
Specimens 53 (11 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 12, 15–16, 22–4, 28, 36, 42, 48: same obv. die. 2, 7–8, 13, 17, 21, 25–7, 29–30, 39, 45–6: same obv. die. 4–5, 9, 14, 18–19, 31, 35, 37–8, 41, 43, 47, 49: same obv. die. 6, 20, 33–4, 40, 44: same obv. die.
Note 49 coins, 5 obv. dies

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