RPC II, 1974

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1974
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 8, year 5
Dating AD 72/3
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 Ε
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ εʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 5
Reverse design eagle, left, standing on garlanded altar, head right, caduceus in beak, palm left
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.18 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 41
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Schøyen VES 549 = Hebron hoard 1993 60/65
2 2     J-SBF
3 3     J-MJA
4 4     Tiberias hoard 30
5 5     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 130, 2 July 2023, lot 420)