RPC II, 2402

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2402
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 1 July/28 August 69
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΙΤ ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝ ΚΑΙΣ, L Α
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Nike flying left, with wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 13 (15 in the core collections)
Note Three specimens from the same dies have the unusual obv. legend ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, the only instance of its occurence at Alexandria: O Milne 413, Cop 191 and Frankfurt 181. The explanation must be that it is actually an 'Antioch' die, since it looks like a typical obv. die of the Antioch mint in the 'Alexandrian' style. Presumably an obv. die destined for Antioch was used at Alexandria, just as an Alexandrian die was accidentally sent to Antioch and used there: see RPC II, 1949.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR25706 M 382
2 2     O: HCR25707 M 383
3 3     L BMC 234
4 4     L: 1887,0704.42 BMC 235
5 5     D 359
6 6     Cologne Geissen 267
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     P: K 3346
9 9     ✸ Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 364, ex Dattari
10 10     A. Tricarico coll.
11 11     Freiburg: 12737
12 12     Freiburg: 12738
13 13     NY: 2017.11.30