RPC II, 2421

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2421
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 canopus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Milne 409 adds a coin with a griffin on the reverse for 'LB?'. Although the coin is possible, the reading of the date is not sufficiently clear to accept it.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Amsterdam
2 2     Frankfurt: 198