RPC II, 2417

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2417
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
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορος) Καίσ(αρος) Σεβα(στοῦ) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design winged bust of Nike, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 18.38 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (9 in the core collections)
Note P 756 (AF 1091( is a coin of Vespasian and Titus of year 9, but with L ΕΝΑΤ tooled to read L Β. See RPC II, 2456.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR32860 M 403
2 2     L BMC 248
3 3     D 388 = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 327
4 4     ✸ Cologne Geissen 282
5 5     P: 1038 SNG 757
6 6     Naville 58, 14 June 2020, lot 297