RPC II, 628

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 628
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΝΕΙ(ΚΑΙΕΙΣ)
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟ(Υ)
Reverse design bust of Dionysus with ivy wreath, left
Metal brass
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 46–7, Stumpf 346–8
Specimens 23 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Apamea (Phrygia) 149
2 2     P: 804 Rec pl. LXVII.3
3 3     P: 806
4 4     P: Ailly 17505
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     V: GR 38546
8 8     Swiss Credit Bank Münzenliste no. 13, März 1974, lot 138 (136 on the plate) = CNG MBS 76/1, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1057 = Schweizer Kreditanstalt, Apr. 1983, lot 305 = MMAG 41, 1970 lot 353 = Stumpf Taf. XI.9
9 9     Waddell, Dec. 1982, lot 99
10 10     Schøyen = Spink Galerie des Monnaies, 15 Feb. 1977, lot 300 = Mabbott 1122
11 11     P: 805 Rec pl. LXVII.4
12 12     O
13 13     vA 536
14 14     Cologne: Weiser 9
15 15     Müller 26, 1979, lot 522
16 16     Malloy 23, 1987, lot 82
17 17     Kölner Münzkabinett 102, 5–6 Dec. 2014, lot 144 (ex MünzZentrum 161, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 277)
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     ✸ CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1057
20 20     CNG EA 271, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 329
21 21     Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 342
22 22     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Zeus Budget Auction 13, 31 Oct. 2020, lot 569)
23 23     Boston: 1984.239