RPC II, 722


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/722 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	II
Number	722
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Sinope
Reign	Vespasian
Person (obv.)	Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue	Illegible date
Obverse inscription	IMP CAES VESPASIANVS [ ]
Edition	Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Vespasianus [---]
Translation	Emperor Caesar Vespasian [---]
Obverse design	laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design	two Dioscuri standing facing, between two horses
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	30 mm
Average weight	12.51 g
Axis	6
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Note	The same representation occurred on coins of the reign of Nero inAD 67/8 (RPC I, 2141).

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 874		30	12.51	6	formerly attributed to Orthosia, Caria	Show
2	2			Sinop: 9-15-74	J. Casey, Sinope. A Catalogue of Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins in Sinop Museum (Turkey) and Related Historical and Numismatic Studies (London, 2010), p. 30 no. 327					Show