RPC II, 2418

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2418
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
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορος) Καίσ(αρος) Σεβα(στοῦ) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design bust of Nilus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.26 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.302 BMC 270
2 2     Cop SNG 169
3 3     Naville Numismatics 87, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 319
4 4     ✸ CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 709
5 5     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Sol Numismatik XXVII, 13 Apr. 2024, lot 391-