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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Κλαυδιοπολειτῶν
Translation to Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, of the Claudiopolitans
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 brass
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.07 g
Axis 5, 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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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