RPC II, 1805

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1805
Province Cyprus
Region Cyprus
City Koinon of Cyprus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Year 9 (Θ)
Dating AD 76/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, left
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Θ
Reverse design Zeus Salaminios standing facing, holding patera in right hand, left hand resting on a short sceptre; eagle on left arm; corn-ear in exergue
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 28, Prieur 1566
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 809
2 2     L BMC 28
3 3     C SNG 5367
4 4     C McClean 9383
5 5     D. Walker's casts in Oxford, labelled B 212 2602, not to be found in Berlin
6 6     ✸ NY: 1952.142.304
7 7     Latakia hoard 20
8 8     Latakia hoard 21
9 9     Salamis hoard
10 10     CNG 443, 1 May 2019, lot 310
11 11     CNG EA 443, Prieur coll., 1 May 2019, lot 302 ex Pegasi II, 8 June 1996, lot 311)