RPC II, 817

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 817
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
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 AVG
Edition Aug(ustus)
Translation Augustus
Reverse design in oak wreath; below, Φ
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.93 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMCRE 439; RIC 319
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1408
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 11: same pair of dies. 5, 9: same pair of dies. 4, 6, 10: same obv. die as 821/1, 6.
Note Specimens nos 4, 6 and 10 are duplicates of one another struck identically on the flan, and at least two of them are forgeries.
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