RPC II, 973

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 973
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Phocaea
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανός Καῖσαρ
Translation Vespasian Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΦΩ
Edition Φω(καιέων)
Translation of the Phocaeans
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding out hand and holding spear resting on shield; in field, dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.98 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 972/1–3.
Note It is possible that there is more than one dolphin in field, as the denomination would indicate.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 2001,0335.4 Kovacs