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II, 975
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/975
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Volume
II
Number
975
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
female figure standing, left holding patera and cornucopia; to left, dolphin
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
15 mm
Average weight
3.37 g
Axis
6
Specimens
1 (1 in the core collections)
Note
The identity of the female figure is not clear. It resembles that on coins of Antoninus Pius, identified as Homonoia (so BMC 137), but the personification of Phocaea seems equally possible.
Specimens of this coin type
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Number
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Reverse
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1
1
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P: 2012
15
3.37
6
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