RPC II, 650A

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 650A
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ 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 [ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ] ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΜΗ-ΤΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Πλανκίου Οὐάρου ἀνθυπάτου μητρ(οπόλεως)
Translation under Marcus Plancius Varus, proconsul, of the metropolis
Reverse design rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.60 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ N&N London EA 35, 30 Sept.–1 Oct. 2023, lot 372 = Nomos oboles EA 31, 21 Apr. 2024, lot 442