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
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription (Τ) ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, Β (in field)
Reverse design laureate head of Titus, right; in left field, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 80, McAlee 5
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 226
2 2     P: 283
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     B: Paytrignet
5 5     NY
6 6     NY
7 7     G Hunter III p. 159, no. 128
8 8     J-SBF Cafarnao III, 7878 and Tav. 4, 3
9 9     Tiberias hoard 25
10 10     Tiberias hoard 25
11 11     MM FPL 336, July 1972, lot 32
12 12     Spaer coll.
13 13     Prieur coll.
14 14     Prieur coll.
15 15     Schøyen VES 99
16 16     Schøyen VES 100
17 17     Schøyen VES 134
18 18     Schøyen VES 135
19 19     Schøyen VES 136
20 20     Schøyen VES 137
21 21     Schøyen VES 157
22 22     Schøyen VES 204
23 23     Schøyen VES 292
24 24     Schøyen VES 361 = Coin Galleries MBS, 15 Feb. 1989, lot 467
25 25     Schøyen VES 467
26 26     Schøyen VES 518
27 27     ✸ CNG MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 846 (ex Giessener Münzhandlung 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 378)
28 28     A. Tricarico coll. (ex J. Elsen 123, 6 Dec. 2014, lot 296)