RPC II, 708

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 708
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Uncertain of Bithynia
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τὸς) Οὐεσπασιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ] Μ ΣΑΛΟΥΙΔΗΝΟΥ ΑΣΠΡΗΝΑ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, Μ Τ (below)
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Σαλουιδηνοῦ Ἀσπρηνᾶ ἀνθυπάτου Μ Τ
Translation under Marcus Salvidenus Asprenas proconsul, M T
Reverse design caduceus between two cornucopias
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.63 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec Tium 19, Stumpf 385
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1619 Wa 541 = Rec pl. CVI.23 = Stumpf Taf. XIII.1
2 2     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 237th Monthly Silver, 27. Oct. 2024, lot 151)