RPC II, 668

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 668
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΙΣ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Προυσιεῖς
Translation to Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, the Prusians
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 34 mm
Average weight 20.20 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 5, Stumpf 358
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G Hunter p. 257, no 1 = Rec pl. CIII.20 = SNG 1124
2 2     ✸ Mûnzen und Medaillen Deutschland 35, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 146
3 3     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Bucephalus 6, 12 June 2022, lot 561)