RPC II, 2449

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 2449
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue LΗ = year 8
Dating AD 75/6
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 ΖΕΥΣ ΣΑΡΑΠΙΣ, L Η
Edition Ζεὺς Σάραπις ἔτους ηʹ Ζεὺς Σάραπις (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Zeus Sarapis, of year 8
Reverse design Zeus-Sarapis standing, left; at feet, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.56 g
Axis 11
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR34000 M 444
2 2     L BMC 258
3 3     ✸ Naville Numismatics 86, 17 Dec. 2023, lot 311
4 4     Naville Numismatics 88, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 232
5 5     M. Rady coll.
6 6     CNG EA 595, 10 Sept. 2025, lot 464