RPC II, 2424


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	2424
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Vespasian
Person (obv.)	Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue	LΓ = year 3
Dating	AD 70/1
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, L Γ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Οὐεσπασιανοῦ ἔτους γʹ Αὐτοκ(ράτορος) Καίσ(αρος) Σεβα(στοῦ) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation	of Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, of year 3
Obverse design	laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription	ΡΩΜΗ
Edition	Ῥώμη Ῥώμη
Translation	Rome
Reverse design	Roma standing, left, with spear and shield
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	11.70 g
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	On spec. 2, the date can be read as L Γ, but confirmation is still required.

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1				D 366				there are two coins numbered 366 on pl. 13. This is the first one (Vespasian, row 3, coin 3) which is out of sequence and among the Nike reverses. The second (Vespasian, row 5, coin 1) has a Nike reverse, and although Dattari labelled it 'L Γ?', it looks more like L Β, and so a specimen of RPC II, 2412	Show
2	2 ✸				S. Pratt coll. (ex M. Schøyen coll.)	23	11.70			Show