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RPC
II, 652
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/652
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Volume
II
Number
652
Province
Bithynia-Pontus
Region
Bithynia
City
Nicomedia
Reign
Vespasian
Person (obv.)
Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate
Marcus Salvidenus Proculus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΙΣ
Obverse design
laureate head of Vespasian, r.
Reverse inscription
ΕΠΙ Μ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗΝΟΥ ΑΣ ΠΡΟΚΛΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ,
ΜΗ
ΤΡ
Reverse design
in six lines in wreath
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
34 mm
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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VAuctions Pars Coins Sale 6, 20 Apr. 2020, lot 220 = VAuctions Pars Coins Sale 9, 5 Oct. 2020, lot 238
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