RPC II, 666

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 666
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Iuliopolis
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΙΟΥΛΙΟ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Ἰουλιο(πολίται)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, the Iuliopolitans
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Πλανκίου Οὐάρου ἀνθύπατου
Translation under Marcus Plancius Varus proconsul
Reverse design cantharus
Metal brass
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.56 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference Rec 2, Stumpf 343
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,1205.32
2 2     see Rec (pl. LXIII.2)
3 3     Scholz coll. = Rec Nicaea 50 = Stumpf 352: see NZ 1921, 136
4 4     ✸ Solidus Numismatics
5 5     Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 136
6 6     SPQR Collection 4, 28–29 Nov. 2024, lot 604
7 7     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Rex Numismatics E-Rex 16, 25 Jan. 2025, lot 233)