RPC II, 1971

 

Image of specimen #100

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1971
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms: group 7, year 2
Dating AD 69/70
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Οὐεσπασιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus Vespasian
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Β
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 2
Reverse design eagle with wreath in beak on a club to left; in left field, palm branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.29 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Wruck 78, McAlee 37
Specimens 100 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3, 8, 13, 17, 22, 36, 44, 47, 52, 55, 66: same obv. die. 4, 16, 87: same obv. die. 5–6, 29–30, 34, 92: same obv. die. 7, 20, 61: same obv. die. 9–10: same obv. die. 14, 19, 28, 50, 70, 80: same obv. die. 15, 79, 86: same obv. die. 18, 31–2, 53, 57, 73–4, 77, 84: same obv. die. 24, 40–1, 45, 49, 60, 67, 71: same obv. die.
Note 93 coins, 25 obv. dies, 1 shared with 1970, 1 with 1972.
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