RPC II, 2412

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2412
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue LΒ = year 2
Dating AD 69/70
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, L Β
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορος) Καίσ(αρος) Σεβα(στοῦ) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian, of year 2
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Nike flying left, with wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Axis 12
Specimens 23 (37 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR25719 M 393
2 2     O: HCR25720 M 394
3 3     L: 1860,0602.35 BMC 236
4 4     L: 1887,0704.36 BMC 237
5 5     D 360
6 6     Cologne Geissen 276
7 7     Cologne Geissen 277
8 8     P: D 461
9 9     P: 1036
10 10     P: 1037
11 11     P: 1967.1656
12 12     P: Salomon de Rothschild 3281
13 13     P: D 459
14 14     P: D 19
15 15     P: D 601
16 16     P: D 352
17 17     P: H 501
18 18     Naville Numismatics 33, 16 July 2017, lot 196, ex Dattari
19 19     DS pl. 13, Vespasian, row 5, coin 1 (wrongly numbered 366, which is a coin with Roma of year 3 and so correctly a coin as RPC 2424). Although Dattari labelled this Nike coin as 'L Γ?', it looks more like L Β.
20 20     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.
21 21     Münster: 453
22 22     Freiburg: 12742
23 23     I. Sherif coll.