RPC II, 2438

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2438
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue LΕ = year 5
Dating AD 72/3
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 Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design bust of Isis, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.48 g
Axis 12
Specimens 17 (25 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR34047 M 427
2 2     O: HCR34048 M 428
3 3     L: 1950,1006.18 BMC 2735
4 4     Cologne Geissen 296
5 5     D 384 = Naville 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 269
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     P: D 617
9 9     P: 1056
10 10     P: Salomon de Rothschild 3284
11 11     P: 1055
12 12     Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 376
13 13     Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 243
14 14     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Artemide Asta 8E, 27 May 2011, lot 8198)
15 15     ✸ Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 269
16 16     Ibrahim Sherif coll.
17 17     Regensburg: 18078-L05