RPC II, 629

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 629
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΝΕΙΚΑ(Ι)
Edition Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Νεικαί(εις)
Translation to the Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian from the Nicaeans
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Πλανκίου Οὐάρου ἀνθύπατου
Translation under Marcus Plancius Varus proconsul
Reverse design panther seated, left, with paw raised on cantharus
Metal brass
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.09 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 48–9, Stumpf 349–51
Specimens 19 (8 in the core collections)
Note For countermark description see RPC II, 627

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 807
2 2     V: GR 33815
3 3     Cop SNG 471
4 4     Trade (see Rec 49)
5 5     L BMC 17
6 6     L: 1920,0516.44
7 7     P: 808 Rec pl. LXVII.5
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     B
10 10     vA 537 = Superior, Jun.1986, lot 1825 = Sternberg 13, 1983, lot 614
11 11     Sternberg 15, 1985, lot 368 = 11, 1981, lot 310
12 12     From Hisar (see B. Levick and S. Mitchell, Monuments from the Aezanitis (1988), p.195 no. 82)
13 13     CGT coll. ex Auctiones 43, 12 Dec. 2015, lot 31
14 14     ✸ Leu Numismatik Web Auction 9, lot 672
15 15     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 68, 5 Aug. 2018, lot 251)
16 16     CNG EA 188, 28 May 2008, lot 215
17 17     R. Effler coll. (ex Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2085)
18 18     Boston: 1985.232
19 19     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1015