RPC II, 358

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 358
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Sestus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΒΗϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ • ΚΑΙ •
Edition Βησπασιανὸς Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Vespasian Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ϹΗϹΤΙΩΝ
Edition Σηστίων
Translation of the Sestians
Reverse design lyre
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.81 g
Axis 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Cop 947
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)
Note 1 obv. die in K. Chryssanthaki, L’histoire monétaire d’Abdère en Thrace: VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C., Meletémata 51 (Athènes, 2007).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1926,0803.7
2 2     P: 1916
3 3     B: 18237271 Löbb
4 4     B: 18237265 B-I
5 5     B: 18237277, 127/1882
6 6     V: GR 33002
7 7     Cop SNG 947
8 8     Mu
9 9     Oslo
10 10     ✸ CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 415)
13 13     Savoca Coins 158th Blue, 11 - 12 Mar. 2023, lot 675
14 14     Savoca Coins 160th Blue, 8 April 2023, lot 988
15 15     VCoins Tom Vossen April 2023, SKU: 22723