RPC II, 602

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 602
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Maecius Rufus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟ(Σ)
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΜΑΙΚΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑ (in field)
Reverse design Bithynia standing, right, holding rudder and plough
Metal brass
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 11, Stumpf 360–2
Specimens 14 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1258 vA 272
2 2     P: 156
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     NY: 1977.124.2 Stumpf Taf. XI.14
5 5     Mu
6 6     C: Leake Supplement
7 7     Lausanne: 915
8 8     Scheiner 1976, lot 1237
9 9     L BMC 3, pl. XXIV.2
10 10     CGT coll. ex Leu Web 6, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 498
11 11     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 64, 1 Apr. 2018, lot 259)
12 12     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 392
13 13     ✸ Berk Buy or Bid Sale 217, 30 Nov. 2021, lot 379
14 14     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Bucephalus 21, 23-24 June 2023, lot 554)