RPC II, 622

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 622
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΠΡΟΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Πρου(σιεῖς)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, the Prusians
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟ(Υ)
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Πλανκίου Οὐάρου ἀνθύπατου
Translation under Marcus Plancius Varus proconsul
Reverse design club, quiver and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.30 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec Prusias ad Hypium 3, Stumpf 356
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same pair of dies. 2–5: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1573
2 2     L BMC Nicaea 18
3 3     P: 1574 Wa 526 = Rec pl. CIII.18
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     V: GR 15755
6 6     G Hunter Prusias ad Hypium p. 257, no. 2 = SNG 1066
7 7     Florence see Rec
8 8     Aufhäuser 13, 1997, lot 322
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Pecunem Gitbud and Naumann 20, 3 Aug. 2014, lot 419)
11 11     Triskeles 20, 30 June 2017, lot 441
12 12     Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 262
13 13     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 144, 1 Sept. 2024, lot 295