RPC II, 2416

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2416
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Titus (Caesar)
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 (Τ) ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ
Edition Τ(ίτος) Φλαούι(ος) Οὐεσπασιανὸς Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation Titus Flavius Vespasianus Caesar
Reverse design laureate head of Titus, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.31 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)
Note The coin in L with legend ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ and rev. Τ ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ; laureate head of Titus, r. (BMC 224), was originally catalogued as being a coin of year 4. Buttrey, Chronology p. 10 and Christiansen, p. 3 regard its as a misread coin of year 1, providing evidence that Vespasian used the title sebastos before 28 August 69. But the date could equally well be year Β (see introduction), and so the coin is not accepted here as a coin of year 1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0602.36 BMC 223
2 2     NY
3 3     O: HCR25729 M 401
4 4     O: HCR25730 M 402
5 5     D 345
6 6     ✸ Cologne Geissen 279
7 7     CGT Coll
8 8     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Künker eLive Auction 31, 29 Oct. 2014, lot 211)