RPC II, 817

 

Image of specimen #16

 

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, 12: same obv. die as 821/1, 6.
Note Specimens nos 4, 6 and 12 are duplicates of one another struck identically on the flan, and at least two of them are forgeries.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 439, pl. 15, 18
2 2     L BMCRE 440
3 3     formerly L = BMCRE 441
4 4     NY: 1962.83.18
5 5     P: 3848
6 6     P: 3848a
7 7     P: 3854
8 8     Mu
9 9     Madrid XVI/120–4
10 10     Cop
11 11     V: RÖ 6141
12 12     Amsterdam: 1967.165
13 13     Turin
14 14     Brussels: II.49.450
15 15     A. Tricarico coll. (ex CNG EA 254, 20 Apr. 2011, lot 267)
16 16     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 2060
17 17     Gorny & Mosch 253, 5 Mar. 2018, lot 508