RPC II, 621

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 621
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΠΡΟ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design head of Heracles, wearing ?vine wreath, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec Prusias ad Hypium 2, Stumpf 355 corr.
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same pair of dies. 1, 4–5: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,1120.65 Weber 4929A
2 2     ✸ P: 1571 Wa 525 = Rec pl. CIII.16
3 3     P: 1572
4 4     V: GR 15516
5 5     O