Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ29 - Vespasian MVNICIPIVM STOBENSIVM
| Issuer | Municipium Stobensium (Stobi, Roman Macedonia) |
|---|---|
| Year | 77-78 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG COS VIII |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Stobi, situated at the confluence of the Crna and Vardar rivers in central Macedonia, was granted municipium status under the Flavians — likely by Vespasian himself — making this issue part of the first civic coinage the city struck under that newly elevated standing. The grant carried real administrative weight: local magistrates gained jurisdiction, Roman law applied, and the right to mint bronze for local circulation was both a privilege and a public advertisement of the city's new rank.
RPC II 335 is among the scarcer Stobi bronzes, with few die pairs documented across known specimens.