RPC II, 852

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 852
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 CONCORDIA AVG
Edition Concordia Aug(usti)
Translation Augustan Concord
Reverse design Ceres seated, left, holding corn-ears and poppy, and cornucopia; below, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.22 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference BMCRE p. 99†; RIC 336
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1456
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5: same pair of dies. 3, 6: same pair of dies. 3, 6, 10–11: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18219495, 1912/494
2 2     B: 18219496, 28808
3 3     B: 18219497, 225/1917
4 4     B: 222/1917
5 5     V: RÖ 6220
6 6     Turin
7 7     Vat
8 8     CNG 42, 29 May 1997, lot 865
9 9     NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 561 (ex Baldwin 96, 2015, lot 3231)
10 10     ✸ NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 562 (ex Gorny & Mosch 219, 2014, lot 383)
11 11     R. Effler coll. (ex Victoria 4, 20-21 Dec. 2022, lot 534)