RPC II, 690

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 690
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΠΟ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΣ ΟΥΑΡΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ
Reverse design in four lines in wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1977,0304.4
2 2     M. Arslan, 'Bithynia Bölgesi Sahir Sikkeleri', Anadolu Medenyestleri Müzesi 1996 (Ankara, 1997), p. 111 no. 1 with pl. I.1
3 3     Waddell 2, 1987, lot 332 = Sternberg 11, 1981, lot 245
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 981