RPC II, 1618

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1618
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Gnaeus Pompeius Collega (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. AD 76/6–77/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Οὐεσπασιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΝ Π ΚΟΛΛΗΓΑ ΠΡΕΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ, ΑΝ-ΚΥ/ΡΑ-Σ (in field, l. and r.)
Edition ἐπὶ Γν(αίου) Π(ομπηίου) Κολληγά πρεσ(βευτοῦ) αὐτοκρά(τορος) Ἀνκύρας
Translation under Gnaeus Pompeius Collega, legate of the emperor, of Ancyra
Reverse design temple with six columns on podium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.22 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG vA 6130, Stumpf 386
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 719/1914 ex Egger, Prowe coll., 11 May 1914, lot 2374
2 2     Mu
3 3     vA 6130
4 4     MünzZentrum 73, 1992, lot 291
5 5     NY: 1981.66.1
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll. (ex Leu Web 4, 24/06/2018, lot 590)
8 8     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 64, 1 Apr. 2018, lot 331
9 9     Naumann 68, 5 Aug. 2018, lot 313