RPC II, 2243

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2243
Province Judaea
Region Galilaea
City Tiberias
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Year 14
Dating AD 73/74
Obverse inscription •ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΒΑΣΤΩ• (sic)
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤ ΔΙ - ΒΑ / ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ
Reverse design Tyche with kalathos standing, left, holding cornucopia and two corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 7
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 139 Meshorer pl. 11, 7
2 2     L BMC 6
3 3     L BMC 7
4 4     L BMC 8
5 5     Sternberg XXVII, 1994, lot 216
6 6     ✸ CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 685 = Nomos 22, 22 June 2021, lot 294
7 7     Berk BBS 209, 5 Dec. 2019, lot 491
8 8     IMJ Sofaer 184
9 9     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naville Live Auction 57, 26 Apr. 2020, lot 238)
10 10     Nomos 21, 21 Nov. 2020, lot 307