RPC II, 652

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 652
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Salvidenus Proclus (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 Μ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗΝΟΥ ΑΣ ΠΡΟΚΛΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΜΗ-ΤΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Σαλουιδηνοῦ{ας} Πρόκλου ἀνθυπάτου μητρ(οπόλεως)
Translation under Marcus Salvidenus Proclus, proconsul, of the metropolis
Reverse design in six lines in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.56 g
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note See RPC 648 for a similar type with the name of the proconsul M. Plancius Varus. In the reverse legend, ΑΣ must be an error of the engraver who had in mind M. Salvidenus Asprenas, not Proculus!
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ VAuctions Pars Coins Sale 6, 20 Apr. 2020, lot 220 = VAuctions Pars Coins Sale 9, 5 Oct. 2020, lot 238