RPC II, 705

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 705
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Uncertain of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Plancius Varus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Οὐεσπασιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Πλανκίου Οὐάρου ἀνθύπατου
Translation under Marcus Plancius Varus proconsul
Reverse design five corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.54 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Stumpf 337 ('Claudiopolis')
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Attributed in SNG Tübingen to Claudiopolis because Claudiopolis has coins for Varus with a similar rev. type (Rec 4), but there is no city name here.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Tübingen: 2100
2 2     CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 268
3 3     ✸ Agora Numismatic Sale #108, 27 Dec. 2022, lot 123