RPC II, 851

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 851
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue 'Provincial' issue: star, COS V
Dating AD 74
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR P P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Vespas(ianus) Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) V Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, consul for the fifth 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, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.00 g
Axis 7, 12
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1455
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3749
2 2     Brussels: Tinchant
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 121, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 408 = NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 559
4 4     ✸ NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 560 (ex Künker 216, 2012, lot 868)