RPC II, 665

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 665
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Iuliopolis
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Ἰουλιοπο(λίται)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, the Iuliopolitans
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΣ ΟΥΑΡΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ
Edition Μᾶρκος Πλάνκιος Οὐάρος ἀνθύπατος
Translation Marcus Plancius Varus, proconsul
Reverse design in four lines in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.99 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference W. Weiser, Names römischer Statthalter auf Münzen Kleinasiens. Corrigenda und Addenda zu Gerd Stumpfs Münzcorpus, ZPE 123 (1998), 280, and note 31
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Künker 417 eLive, 31 Oct. 2024, lot 3029 = MM Deutschland 15, Righetti coll., 21–22 Oct. 2004, lot 288 = M&M Numismatics I, 1997, lot 181 = NFA Mail Bid Sale, Oct. 1988, lot 807
2 2     Olympus Numismatik 3, 5 May 2023, lot 213