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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 7842652, member: 15481&quot;]These are the coins that I most often hold in hand, contemplating that they may have been made from the silver from the Temple of Solomo. Great coins, David/everyone. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1349425[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Volume: II №: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1945" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1945" rel="nofollow">1945</a></p><p>Reign: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?reign_id=32" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?reign_id=32" rel="nofollow">Vespasian</a> Persons: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?obverse_person_id[]=70" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?obverse_person_id[]=70" rel="nofollow">Vespasian (Augustus)</a></p><p>City: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?city_id=25" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?city_id=25" rel="nofollow">Antioch </a> Region: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?region_id=31" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?region_id=31" rel="nofollow">Syria</a> Province: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?province_id=28" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?province_id=28" rel="nofollow">Syria</a></p><p>Denomination: Tetradrachm Average weight: 14.29 g. Issue: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?issue_id=737" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?issue_id=737" rel="nofollow">Tetradrachms: group 3, year 2 (AD 69/70)</a></p><p>Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ; laureate head of Vespasian, r.</p><p>Reverse: ΕΤΟΥΣ Β ΙΕΡΟΥ; eagle standing, l., on club; in field, palm branch</p><p>Reference: Wruck 79, McAlee 11 Specimens: 40</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1349423[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. <i>Antioch</i>. Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. </p><p><br /></p><p>AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70).</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Small bust of Vespasian left, with slight drapery, above eagle standing left with one wing extended /</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Laureate head of Titus right; lituus to left, barred B (date) to right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: McAlee 331; RPC II 1944; Prieur 109.</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight: 14.41g, 12h Diameter: 25mm Conservation: Good Fine, lightly toned, minor porosity. Rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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