RPC II, 1477A

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1477A
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain mint of Asia Minor of AD 77/78
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Vespasian cos VIII
Dating AD 77 or 78
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVGVST
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Vespasian(us) August(us)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription PON MAX TR P P P COS VIII CENS S C
Edition Pon(tifex) Max(imus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) P(ater) P(atriae) Co(n)s(ul) VIII Cens(or) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Chief priest, with tribunician power, father of the fatherland, consul for the eighth time, censor, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design caduceus between crossed cornucopias
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.77 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference RIC II,1 V 1508
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1507
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 26 Blue, 22–23 Nov. 2019, lot 925)
2 2     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 92 Blue, 19-20 Dec. 2020, lot 1556)
3 3     Nomos obolos 22, 6 Mar. 2022, lot 592
4 4     R. McAlee coll.
5 5     Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch (2007) 375A (this coin illustrated at p. 172)