RPC II, 1235

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1235
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 ΤΙ (ΚΛΑΥΔΙ) ΟΡΟΝΤΗΣ
Edition Τραπεζοπολιτῶν Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδι(ος) Ὀρόντης
Translation of the Trapezopolitans, Tiberius Claudius Orontes
Reverse design Cybele standing facing, between two lions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.05 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
Note A very similar coin was described by H.P. Borrell in his coll. (NC 1847, p. 161, no. 2). Praenomen Τι and nomen Κλαύδι now added
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1113
2 2     Numismatik Naumann 47, 9 Oct. 2016, lot 332
3 3     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 146)
4 4     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Kairos Auction 6, 19 Aug. 2018, lot 347)
6 6     CGT coll. ex Numismatik Naumann 81, 1 Aug. 2019, lot 336
7 7     ✸ Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 436
8 8     CGT coll. = Zeus Budget 14, 15 Nov. 2020, lot 243 = Zeus 10, 12 July 2020, lot 347
9 9     Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1691
10 10     CGT coll. = Savoca 134th Blue, 21 May 2022, lot 687
11 11     Victoria Numismatics 6, 7 Mar. 2023, lot 333