RPC II, 1989A

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1989A
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage
Dating AD 74
Obverse inscription IMP VESP AVG
Edition Imperator Vespasianus Augustus Imp(erator) Vesp(asianus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Vespasian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, left
Reverse inscription PON TR POT
Edition Pontifex Tribunicia Potestate Pon(tifex) Tr(ibunicia) Pot(estate)
Translation priest, with tribunician power
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.06 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference RIC 2.1 no. 1570, McAlee 377
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 2000.12.1
2 2     Kölner Münzkabinett 117, 2022, lot 406
3 3     ✸ Richard McAlee coll.
4 4     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Sol XXX, 20 July 2024, lot 228)
5 5     Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 377 (this coin illustrated at p. 172)
6 6     F.DELPY HerMer coll. (ex TimeLine Auctions 169, 9-11 Dec. 2025, lot 3325)