RPC II, 692

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 692
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 ΚΛΑΥ
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 ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Πλανκίου Οὐάρου ἀνθύπατου
Translation under Marcus Plancius Varus proconsul
Reverse design eagle standing, left, with head to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.51 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec 5, Stumpf 338
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1892,0704.1
2 2     P: 270
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 643
5 5     A. Tricarico coll.
6 6     Zeus Numismatics EA 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 265