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
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription PACI AVGVSTAE
Reverse design Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm; to right, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
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.

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