RPC II, 1234

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1234
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Trapezopolis
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Orontes
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Vespasian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟ Τ ΟΡΟΝΤΗΣ
Edition Τραπεζοπολιτῶν Κλαύδιο(ς) Τ(ιβέριος) Ὀρόντης
Translation of the Trapezopolitans, Claudius Tiberius Orontes
Reverse design Cybele standing facing, between two lions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.14 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Style of obv. is very like that of 1235.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 599/1928
2 2     Afyon: 1959
3 3     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 635
4 4     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Demos 16, 3 Feb. 2023, lot 597)