RPC II, 2444

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2444
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue LΖ = year 7
Dating AD 74/5
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 Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation year 7
Reverse design bust of Sarapis, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.39 g
Axis 12
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33996 M 437
2 2     Cologne Geissen 302
3 3     D 402 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 184
4 4     P: D 632
5 5     P: 1068
6 6     Nomos obolos 23, 12 June 2022, lot 5
7 7     Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 177
8 8     Boston: 1985.1288
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 562, 15 May 2024, lot 456
10 10     CNG Triton XXVIII Online Sessions, 22 Jan. 2025, lot 5437