RPC II, 2420

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2420
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 bust of Isis, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.84 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
Note Dattari 378 and 379 seem large and heavy: perhaps hemidrachms? See also year 1, RPC 2409.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 378 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 233
2 2     ✸ D 381 = Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 228 = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 383
3 3     Cologne Geissen 280
4 4     Cologne Geissen 281
5 5     NY
6 6     Cop SNG 171
7 7     P: 1039
8 8     A. Tricarico Coll. (ex Künker eLive Auction 63, lot 234)
9 9     CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 277
10 10     D 379