RPC II, 670

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 670
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 ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Πλανκίου Οὐάρου ἀνθύπατου
Translation under Marcus Plancius Varus proconsul
Reverse design altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.63 g
Axis 12
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1
2 2     P: 1575 Wa 527 = Rec pl. CIII.19
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     NY: 1970.142.289 Stumpf Taf. XI.12
5 5     Tübingen: 2150
6 6     MünzZentrum 72, 1991, lot 523
7 7     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca10 Blue, lot 916)
8 8     ✸ Naumann 117, 5 June 2022, lot 587
9 9     Numismad 12, 5–6 Jan. 2024, lot 470