RPC II, 821

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 821
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 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, Φ
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.14 g
Axis 6
Reference BMCRE p. 92†; RIC 324
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1413
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6: same pair of dies. 2–3: same pair of dies. 1, 6: same obv. die as 817/4, 6, 12.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: RÖ 6146
2 2     V: RÖ 6147
3 3     V: RÖ 36651 Bachofen 1906, no. 931a
4 4     O
5 5     NY: 1944.100.39972
6 6     P: 3863
7 7     Mu: Be545
8 8     Naville 2, 12 June 1922, lot 456 = Vautier-Collignon = Egger 39, 15 Jan. 1912, lot 793
9 9     ✸ Nomos 10, 18 May 2015, lot 85