RPC II, 2007

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 2007
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Vespasian cos V
Dating AD 74
Obverse inscription IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS V
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Vesp(asianus) Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Co(n)s(ul) V
Translation Emperor Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, chief priest, consul for the fifth time
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right, with slight drapery on shoulder
Reverse inscription S C
Edition s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation by decree of the senate
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal bronze
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.68 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Wruck 93, McAlee 367
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Knobelsdorf
2 2     ✸ Richard McAlee coll. = R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, Supplement 1 (2010), 367/2
3 3     Richard McAlee coll. = R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, Supplement 1 (2010), no. 367/1