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	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τίτ(ος) Φλαύι(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
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).