RPC II, 965

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 965
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Aegae
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Apollonios, son of Nemeonikos
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανός Καῖσαρ
Translation Vespasian Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΝΕΜΕΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ, ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀπολλωνίου Νεμεονείκου Αἰγαέων
Translation under Apollonios, son of Nemeonikos, of the Aegaeans
Reverse design Apollo standing, right, holding taenia and laurel branch
Metal bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.45 g
Axis 12
Reference Cop 24
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Note See also 2431A for a coin with the name Nemeonikos, showing that the translation given in RPC II (Nemean victor) is incorrect and the word should just be regarded as a name.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.71
2 2     B: Rauch
3 3     Cop
4 4     Kovacs coll.
5 5     G. Rohde
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
11 11     A. Tricarico coll.
12 12     ✸ VAuctions Triskeles 30, 6 Dec. 2019, lot 129