RPC II, 816

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 816
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Titus (Caesar) ; Domitian (Caesar)
Issue 'Provincial' issue: Φ, COS II
Dating AD 70
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR P P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Vesp(asianus) Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) II Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) P(ater)P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, consul for the second time, with tribunician power, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription LIBERI IMP AVG VESPAS
Edition Liberi Imp(eratoris) Aug(usti) Vespas(iani)
Translation the children of Emperor Augustus Vespasian
Reverse design confronted bare heads of Titus and Domitian; in left field, Φ
Metal silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.13 g
Axis 6
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1410
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note This series was omitted from RPC II, but catalogued in RIC II.1 (second edition), 1410.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NAC 8, 3 Apr. 1995, lot 788
2 2     Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, Inc. Sale 100, 6 Sept. 2017, lot 2180
3 3     ✸ NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 540 (ex NAC 27, 2004, lot 349)