RPC II, 601

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 601
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Maecius Rufus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΜΑΙΚΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑ
Reverse design Bithynia seated, left, on throne, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Reference Rec 10; Stumpf 359
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 15398
2 2     Mu Stumpf Taf. XI.13
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1063
4 4     Edgar L. Owen, VCoins Vespasian-10358