RPC II, 1975

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1975
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 ϹΕΒΑ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, l
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Ε
Reverse design eagle, left, standing on garlanded altar, head right, caduceus in beak, palm left
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 89, McAlee 40
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 234
2 2     L: G 2031
3 3     P: 291
4 4     ✸ CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 583 (ex M. Prieur coll.)