RPC II, 343B

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 343B
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Philippi
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES VESPASIANVS AVG COS VI
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Vespasianus Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) VI
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian, Augustus, consul for the sixth time
Obverse design bare head of Vespasian, left
Reverse inscription COL AVG IVL PHILIPP
Edition col(onia) Aug(usta) Iul(ia) Philipp(ensis)
Translation colony Augusta Julia of the Philippi
Reverse design three bases; on middle one, statue of Augustus in military dress crowned by statue of Divus Julius wearing toga
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 7.86 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note A new series of Vespasian dated COS VI = AD 75
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.
2 2     CGT coll.