RPC II, 825

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 825
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 PACI AVGVSTAE
Edition Paci Augustae
Translation to Augustan Peace
Reverse design Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; below, ΦΥ
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.91 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMCRE 446; RIC 323
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1421
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 814/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 446, pl. 16, 1
2 2     NY: 1982.87.1
3 3     P: 3855
4 4     B: 18211015, a.B.
5 5     B: 18211018, 1866/28744
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 2355
7 7     Numisart 7, 17 Nov. 2024, lot 55