RPC II, 5

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 5
Province Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Silo (proconsul)
Issue First emission
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ[ ] [ΟΥΕΣ]ΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ Σ (retrograde)
Obverse design bare head of Vespasian, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΣΙΛΩΝΟΣ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1981,0102.01
2 2     L: 1947,0606.1396
3 3     V: GR 14453
4 4     V: GR 14454
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 250, 23 Feb. 2011, lot 213 = Wagner collection