RPC II, 813

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 813
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue 'Provincial' issue: Φ, undated
Obverse inscription IMP CAES VESPAS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Vespas(ianus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription PACI ORB TERR AVG
Edition Paci orb(is) terr(arum) Aug(usti)
Translation to the peace of the whole earth by the Augustus
Reverse design turreted and draped female bust, right; below or behind, Φ
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.22 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMCRE 475; RIC 317
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1407
Specimens 14 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 808/4. 5: same obv. die as 809/8.
Note BMCRE p. 91 cites a similar type with bust l. from Paris, but this has not been located.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 437
2 2     L BMCRE 438, pl. 15, 16
3 3     NY: 1944.100.39974
4 4     NY: 1987.79.14
5 5     P: 3862
6 6     V: RÖ 6328
7 7     Madrid XVI/119–14
8 8     L cast, ex Baldwin (1924) = BMCRE pl. 15, 17
9 9     A. Tricarico coll.
10 10     NAC Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 931 (ex Hirsch 184, 1994, lot 613; Triton I, 1997, lot 1363
11 11     ✸ Goldberg 80, 2014, lot 3128 (ex Goldberg 63, 31 May 2011, lot 2539; Goldberg 69, 2012, lot 3514; Goldberg 70, 2012, lot 3240)
12 12     NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 538 (ex Triton IX, 2006, lot 1419)
13 13     CNG EA 544, 16 Aug. 2023, lot 528
14 14     NAC 101, 24 Oct. 2017, lot 184 (ex Lanz 114, 2003, lot 308)