RPC II, 669

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 669
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Προυσιεῖς Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Οὐεσπασιανῷ Προυσιεῖς
Translation to Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, the Prusians
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Οὐάρου ἀνθυπάτου ἐπὶ Μάρκου Οὐάρου ἀνθυπάτου
Translation under Marcus Varus, proconsul
Reverse design temple with four columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.14 g
Axis 5
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The temple is presumably the same as the Kapetolionsebaston on RPC II, 687; see discussion there.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Grenoble
2 2     ✸ O: HCR142710 Oxford