RPC II, 834

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 834
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue 'Provincial' issue: E{PHE}, COS III
Dating AD 71
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Vespas(ianus) Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) III Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasian, Augustus, consul for the third time, with tribunician power, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription PACI AVGVSTAE
Edition Paci Augustae
Translation to Augustan Peace
Reverse design Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; to right, EPHE
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.27 g
Axis 12
Reference BMCRE p. 96*; RIC 332
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).ves.1432
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 385
2 2     P: Ephesos 635
3 3     Milan: 1490
4 4     ✸ NAC 106, 9 May 2018, lot 588 = NAC 125, 23 June 2021, lot 555