RPC II, 853

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 853
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 PACI AVGVSTAE
Edition Paci Augustae
Translation to Augustan Peace
Reverse design Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm; to right, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.05 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Reference BMCRE 475; RIC 337 = RIC 1457
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1457
Specimens 21 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 4, 7, 11: same pair of dies. 1: same obv. die as 854/1. 4, 6–7, 11: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRE 475, pl. 17, 4
2 2     O SM 56 (1964), p. 149, fig. 2
3 3     P: 3853
4 4     B: 18219500, a.B.
5 5     B: 18219501, a.B.
6 6     V: RÖ 37803
7 7     V: RÖ 6223
8 8     NY: 1984.43.1
9 9     NY: 1993.113.1
10 10     Madrid XVI/124–18
11 11     Rome
12 12     Turin
13 13     Brussels
14 14     Sambon/Canessa, 13 Feb. 1907 (Martinetti-Nervegna), lot 1716
15 15     Cop
16 16     Sternberg 24, 1990, lot 244
17 17     ✸ Rauch 94, 9 Apr. 2014, lot 795 = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 2194
18 18     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Rauch EA 13, 2013, lot 340)
19 19     Freiburg: 00911
20 20     NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 563 (ex Lanz 109, 2002, lot 346)
21 21     NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 564