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(3.02 grams / 16 mm) eBay June 2022 LotĪttribution Notes: The portrait on this Smyrnian bronze. ) ΟΥƐΑΝ ΝΕΩΤΕΡΟϹ, bare-headed bust right / ΥΡΝΙΩΝ, Nike walking right holding wreath and palm branch over shoulder RPC II 1028 BMC 319 Klose, XLII, 1 plate 31, V1/R1. Vespasian the Younger Æ 16 Smyrna, Ionia ( c. He didn't make it very long, and as far as I can tell, this issue from Smyrna is the only issue for him: Vespasian the Younger was an adopted son of Domitian. This one came in an undescribed lot of miscellaneous ancients. Dots and line over VIII reverse not noted in references but visible here.Īnother one, a Vespasian of sorts, is this one, Vespasian the Younger (or Vespasian II or Vespasian, Jr.) - a guy I'd never heard of. RPC has single example with SC in exergue this one has it in the fields (C is behind Ceres S not visible). Notes: OCRE list RIC 1498 and RIC 1499 with identical descriptions but no examples for either RPC Online references RIC 1498 only and Kraay 3. VII I, C in fields, Ceres seated left, holding two corn-ears and torch.Vespasian Æ Large (As?) (77-78 A.D.) Ephesus / Asia Minor Mint SIAN AVGVS, laureate head right / T P P It is pretty rough, but as far as I can tell, quite scarce: It was described as: "69-79 AD Roman Empire AE Dupondius Vespasian Coin" Actually, it is an As/"Large AE" issue from Ephesus / Asia Minor. Nice catch, I really enjoy finding misattributed coins on eBay - there's good stuff out there if you don't mind wading through the sludge.Īs for Vespasian, I bought this one earlier this summer.
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