RPC II, 668

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 668
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΙΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΣ ΟΥΑΡΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ
Reverse design in four lines in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 5, Stumpf 358
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G Hunter p. 257, no 1 = Rec pl. CIII.20 = SNG 1124
2 2     ✸ Mûnzen und Medaillen Deutschland 35, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 146
3 3     Bucephalus 6, 12 June 2022, lot 561