RPC II, 824

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 824
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue 'Provincial' issue: ΒΥ, 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 CONCORDIA AVG
Edition Concordia Aug(usti)
Translation Augustan Concord
Reverse design Ceres seated, left, holding corn-ears and poppy, and cornucopia; below, ΦΥ
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.21 g
Axis 7
Reference BMCRE p. 93†; RIC 320
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1416
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1976.18.1
2 2     V: RÖ 6144
3 3     Madrid XVI/121–21
4 4     Tesoriero coll. ex Walters = BMCRE p. 93†, cast in L
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 165, 17 Mar. 2008, lot 1885
6 6     Numisart 7, 17 Nov. 2024, lot 56