RPC II, 831

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 831
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Titus (Caesar) ; Domitian (Caesar)
Issue 'Provincial' issue: E{PHE}, COS III
Dating AD 71
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription LIBERI IMP AVG VESPAS
Reverse design confronted bare heads of Titus and Domitian; between, EPHE
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMCRE 455; RIC 1429
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1429
Specimens 24 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 13: same obv. die as 835/8.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 455, pl. 16, 7
2 2     NY: 1944.100.39969 Santamaria 16, 24 Jan. 1938, lot 397
3 3     O: Lawrence
4 4     P: 3941
5 5     P: Ephesos 636
6 6     V: RÖ 6620
7 7     B: Rauch
8 8     Madrid XVI/121–53
9 9     Amsterdam: 2923
10 10     Amsterdam: 4935 (Six)
11 11     Turin
12 12     Hess, 18 Dec. 1933, lot 457
13 13     Münzhandlung Basel 8, 23 Mar. 1937, lot 62 = Cahn, 3 Nov. 1913, lot 368 = Glendining, 16 Nov. 1950 (Hall), lot 1206
14 14     Egger 39, 15 Jan. 1912, lot 802
15 15     Münzhandlung Basel 3, 5 Mar. 1935, lot 238
16 16     Naville 2, 12 June 1922, lot 480 ( = Vauthier-Collignon)
17 17     Merzbacher, 1910, lot 1508
18 18     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 8925)
19 19     Lanz 162, 6 June 2016, lot 241
20 20     Rauch 99, 8 Dec. 2015, lot 122 (ex Helios 1, 2008, lot 440)
21 21     Markov The New York Sale XLII, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 447
22 22     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 24, 2 Nov. 2014, lot 392 = V. L. Nummus Online Auction 16, 10-11 Apr. 2021, lot 552
23 23     ✸ NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 551 (ex Manhattan sale 1, 2010, lot 215)
24 24     Emporium Hamburg 104, 20 Nov. 2023, lot 331