RPC II, 2406


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	2406
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
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Τίτος Φλάυιος Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσαρ Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τίτ(ος) Φλάυι(ος) Οὐεσπασιαν(ὸς) Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation	Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasian Caesar
Obverse design	laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription	L Α
Edition	ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation	of year 1
Reverse design	winged bust of Nike, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Average weight	18.85 g
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)
Note	Pace Buttery, Chronology p. 10, the coin in L (BMC 247) of year 1 with [ ]Κ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΟΥΕΣΠ[ ] could be tooled (e.g. to year A, from year 2 or 3).