RPC II, 2443

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2443
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 73/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Αὐτοκ(ράτορος) Καίσ(αρος) Σεβα(στοῦ) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design hawk standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.80 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Geissen 298
Specimens 9 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR34057 M 436
2 2     Cologne Geissen 300
3 3     D 417 = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 291
4 4     ✸ P: 1065
5 5     P: 1066
6 6     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 9 Blue, 25 Aug. 2018, lot 1117)
7 7     CNG EA 515, 4 May 2022, lot 435
8 8     Boston: 86.843
9 9     Naville Numismatics 94, 23 Feb. 2025, lot 379