RPC II, 649

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 649
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΣ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Νεικομηδείς
Translation to Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, the Nicomedians
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΜΗΤΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Πλανκίου Οὐάρου ἀνθυπάτου μητρ(οπόλεως)
Translation under Marcus Plancius Varus, proconsul, of the metropolis
Reverse design prow, left, with serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.57 g
Reference Rec 27 corr.
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1992/1168
2 2     B: Löbb. Rec pl. LXXXIX.14