RPC II, 669

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 669
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤ]Ω ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑ[ΝΩ ΠΡ]ΟΥΣΙΕΙΣ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Προυσιεῖς
Translation to Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, the Prusians
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ [ ] ΟΥΑΡΟΥ Α[ΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ]
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου [---] Οὐάρου ἀνθυπάτου
Translation under Marcus [---] Varus, proconsul
Reverse design temple with four columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.14 g
Axis 5
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The reading of the part of the ethnic is just about clear, but should not yet be regarded as certain (confirmation required). If the attribution is correct, the temple is presumably the same as the Kapetolionsebaston on RPC II, 687; see discussion there.
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