RPC II, 611

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 611
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ(Α) ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τὸς) Οὐεσπασιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasianus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗΝΟΥ ΑΣΠΡΗΝΑ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑ (in field)
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Σαλουιδηνοῦ Ἀσπρηνᾶ ἀνθυπάτου Βιθυνία
Translation under Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas, proconsul, Bithynia
Reverse design Bithynia seated, left, on throne, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal brass
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.86 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 9, Stumpf 378–9
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2, pl. XXIV.1
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42383 Stumpf Taf. XII.11
3 3     L: 1979,0101.1257 vA 6909
4 4     P: 155 Stumpf Taf. XII.10
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     Giessener 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 375
7 7     MMAG XIII 1954, lot 874
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 375 = MM Deutschland 15, Righetti coll., 21–22 Oct. 2004, lot 274 = MM Numismatics I, 3 Dec. 1998, lot 179
9 9     CNG MBS 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1075 = CNG EA 145, 9 Aug. 2006, lot 186
10 10     CNG 123, 28 Sep. 2005, lot 76