RPC II, 1807

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1807
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 (between the antae)
Reverse design temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, in which canonical xoanon; in exergue, corn-ear
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 25, Prieur 1567
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amsterdam: 1966/59
2 2     L BMC 25
3 3     ✸ P: 806
4 4     O ex Glendining, Platt Hall coll. I, 19 July 1950, lot 314
5 5     Latakia hoard 21
6 6     Salamis hoard
7 7     Giessener 52, 1990, lot 362
8 8     Fritz Rudolf Künker 54, 7 March 2000, lot 2265