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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 289
2 2     P: 290
3 3     P: Gaudin
4 4     O
5 5     C: Corpus Christi
6 6     C McClean 9382, pl. 345, 6
7 7     G Hunter III, p. 159, no. 134
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: I-B
10 10     V: GR 21206
11 11     V: GR 37584
12 12     Oslo
13 13     Ba
14 14     Ba
15 15     Tel Aviv: Kadman
16 16     J-SBF
17 17     J-MJA
18 18     Tiberias hoard 29
19 19     Tiberias hoard 29
20 20     Tiberias hoard 29
21 21     Tiberias hoard 29
22 22     MM FPL 212, June 1971, lot 26
23 23     Schøyen VES 119
24 24     Schøyen VES 139
25 25     Schøyen VES 178
26 26     Schøyen VES 206
27 27     Schøyen VES 207
28 28     Schøyen VES 232
29 29     Schøyen VES 240
30 30     Schøyen VES 266
31 31     Schøyen VES 320
32 32     Schøyen VES 322
33 33     Schøyen VES 348
34 34     Schøyen VES 355
35 35     Schøyen VES 373 (MM FPL 537, Oct. 1990, lot 160)
36 36     Schøyen VES 394 (MM FPL 546, Aug. 1991, lot 201)
37 37     Schøyen VES 415
38 38     Schøyen VES 435 (Hirsch 176, 1992, lot 556)
39 39     Schøyen VES 437 (MM FPL 546, Aug. 1991, lot 201)
40 40     Schøyen VES 474
41 41     Schøyen VES 475
42 42     Schøyen VES 476
43 43     Schøyen VES 477
44 44     Schøyen VES 478
45 45     Schøyen VES 479
46 46     Schøyen VES 508 ('Deir Samit' hoard 1995)
47 47     Schøyen VES 509 ('Deir Samit' hoard 1993)
48 48     Schøyen VES 579 (Nazareth area hoard 1995, 16/51)
49 49     Schøyen VES 580 (Nazareth area hoard 1995, 17/51)
50 50     Ronde coll.
51 51     CNG EA 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 341 (ex M. Prieur coll. ex MM FPL Feb. 1982, lot 31)
52 52     A. Tricarico Coll.
53 53     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 130, 2 July 2023, lot 419