RPC II, 650

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 650
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ] ΚΑΙΣ[ΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣ]ΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΝΙΚ[ ]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Νικ[---]
Translation to Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, the Nicomedians
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ Π[ΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘ]ΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΜΗ-ΤΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Πλανκίου Οὐάρου ἀνθυπάτου μητρ(οπόλεως)
Translation under Marcus Plancius Varus, proconsul, of the metropolis
Reverse design basket with corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.09 g
Axis 12
Reference Stumpf 342 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Obv. seems to read NIK… rather than NEIK … as might be expected (cf. 651).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Ailly 17506