RPC II, 2411

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2411
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue LΒ = year 2
Dating AD 69/70
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, L Β
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορος) Καίσ(αρος) Σεβα(στοῦ) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, of year 2
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΗ
Edition Εἰρήνη
Translation Peace
Reverse design Eireine standing, left, with corn-ears and caduceus
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.99 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 28 (43 in the core collections)
Note Oxford Milne 392 records a coin of year 2 with ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ and a standing figure of Eleutheria, but, as Milne notes, it is probably a mistake using an old die of Galba or Otho (RPC I, 5332, 5337, 5342, 5359).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR25713 M 388
2 2     O: HCR25715 M 389
3 3     O: HCR25716 M 390
4 4     O: HCR25717 M 391
5 5     NY
6 6     L BMC 232
7 7     L: 1889,0605.9 BMC 233
8 8     D 357
9 9     Cologne Geissen 274
10 10     Cologne Geissen 275
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     P: 1035
14 14     P: 1967.1658
15 15     P: D 916
16 16     P: D 28
17 17     P: D 602
18 18     P: D 597
19 19     P: 1034
20 20     P: D 537
21 21     P: D 231
22 22     Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 255, ex Dattari
23 23     Münster: 452
24 24     Freiburg: 12741
25 25     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2045
26 26     A. Tricarico coll.
27 27     Bochum: M 2100
28 28     Ibrahim Sherif coll.