RPC II, 1312

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1312
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Flavius Isigonos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΩ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Τ ΦΛ ΕΙϹΙΓΟΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, ϹΤΡΑ
Reverse design Mên standing, left, holding sceptre, and pine cone over altar and staff; (to right, monogram ϹΤΡΑ)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note Coin 1 with monogram, coins 2-7 without. Dräger p. 331, nos. 281-2 makes two separate varieties.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1220 Wa 5248
2 2     O
3 3     vA 3147
4 4     Mu Barth & Stauber no. 29
5 5     Plankenhorn coll.
6 6     Sardis excavations = Johnston, Sardis 278
7 7     Hirsch 177, 1993, lot 795
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll. ex Saint Paul 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 376
10 10     ✸ Naumann 71, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 332
11 11     Naumann 57, 3 Sept. 2017, lot 428
12 12     A. Tricarico coll.
13 13     Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 537