RPC II, 1987

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1987
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage
Dating AD 74
Obverse inscription IMP • VESP • AVG P • M • T • P
Edition Imp(erator) Vesp(asianus) Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) T(ribunicia) P(otestate)
Translation Emperor Vespasian Augustus High Priest with tribunician power
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ANTIOCHIA
Edition Antiochia
Translation Antioch
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of city-goddess, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.39 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Wruck 98, McAlee 374
Specimens 22 (13 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.122 BMC 222
2 2     P: 292
3 3     P: 293
4 4     G Hunter III, p. 160, no. 135
5 5     Cop SNG 173
6 6     V: GR 21368
7 7     Mu
8 8     Mu
9 9     Mu
10 10     B: Löbb.
11 11     B: 726/1911
12 12     B: a.B.
13 13     NY: 1944.100.65652
14 14     J-SBF
15 15     Lindgren 1969
16 16     Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 374 (this coin illustrated at p. 172)
17 17     McAlee coll.
18 18     Leeds-UL: 1079
19 19     T. Mullally coll.
20 20     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Zeus 4, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 532)
21 21     ✸ CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 644
22 22     Sol Numismatik XXXIX, 11 Jan. 2025, lot 70