A Vespasian from Apameia

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  1. cmezner

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    Don't know if this magistrate Plancius varus is related to Varus wholost the legions in the Teutoburger Forest:confused:

    AE 25
    9.44 g, 12h

    Phrygia, Apameia (Kibotos) 69 – 79 AD, issued by magistrate Plancius Varus

    RPC II, 1389; BMC (Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phrygia, p. 95) 150-151; SNG von Aulock 3491; Waddington 5709; Weber 3471; SNG Copenhagen (Heft 29), 210; SNG München (Heft 24) 151-152; SNG Tübingen (Heft 6) 3982; Mionnet VII, 157

    The obverse is a bit off-center, but all the legends are legible, which I definitely like:)

    Ob.: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ (counter-clock wise starting at 5) laureate head of Vespasian to r.

    Rev.: ΕΠΙ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ ΑΠΑΜΕΙΣ (counter-clock wise starting at 11 - under Plancius Varus, Koinon of Phrygia, of the Apameans) bundle of five grain stalks.
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