RPC II, 1990

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1990
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 VESP •- PON • TR • P •
Edition Vespasianus pontifex tribunicia potestate Vesp(asianus) pon(tifex) tr(ibunicia) p(otestate)
Translation Vespasian, priest, with tribunician power
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.26 g
Axis 6
Reference McAlee 378
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Hybrid between 1989 and 1999
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 378 (this coin illustrated at p. 172) = Hirsch 160, 23-25 Nov. 1988, 413.
2 2     S. Harris coll.
3 3     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Demos 28, 8 Feb. 2024, lot 2589)