RPC II, 4

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 4
Province Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Silo (proconsul)
Issue First emission
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Οὐεσπασιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Vespasian Augustus
Obverse design (laureate) head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΣΙΛΩΝΟΣ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀνθυπάτου Σίλωνος
Translation under proconsul Silo
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.92 g
Axis 6
Reference Sv 38
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 14
2 2     L: 1840,1226.460
3 3     L: 1947,0606.1397
4 4     P: 628
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1944.100.50350
7 7     Venice Sv pl. XXXIII.2
8 8     V Sv pl. XXXIII.3: rev.
9 9     Niggeler 2, lot 578 (ex MM list 79, 1949, lot 173)
10 10     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Ibercoin Online Auction 38, 15 July 2020, lot 155)