RPC II, 1940

 

Image of specimen #27

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1940
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Titus (Caesar)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 2, year 2
Dating AD 69/70
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτ(ορος) Καίσα(ρος) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription (Τ) ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, Β (in field)
Edition Τ(ίτου) Φλαυΐ(ου) Οὐεσπ(ασιανοῦ) Καίσ(αρος) ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ
Translation of Titus Flavius Vespasianus Caesar, the new holy year 2
Reverse design laureate head of Titus, right; in left field, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.53 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 80, McAlee 328
Specimens 28 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 9, 15, 20–2: same obv. die as 1941/2–4. 2, 11, 25: same obv. die. 3–8, 12, 14, 16–19, 23–4, 26: same obv. die.
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