RPC II, 1328

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1328
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Herodes (epimeletes) ; Polemaios (epimeletes)
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘ ΗΡΩΔΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, ΦΛΑΒΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛ
Reverse design Zeus standing, left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal bronze
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 60, Hochard 1423
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Note Obv. of 4 has C, otherwise square sigma is used. For P 974, Münsterberg gives καὶ Π ... ΜΙΛΙΟΥ; the reading looks like ΕΠΙΜΕΛΝΟ ΠΟΛ[ ]ΑΙ ΠΟΛΕΜΙΛΙΟΥ (sic).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 60
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     B: 28940
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 130
6 6     CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 430