RPC I, 1113

 

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1113
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Laconia
City Sparta
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Laco
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛ(ΑΥ)(ΔΙΟΣ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ)
Edition Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Σεβαστός Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Σεβαστός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, right or left
Reverse inscription ΛΑ, ΕΠΙ ΛΑΚΩΝΟΣ
Edition Λακεδαιμονίων ἐπὶ Λάκωνος Λα(κεδαιμονίων) ἐπὶ Λάκωνος
Translation of the Lacedaemonians, under Laco
Reverse design statue of Apollo Carneius
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.64 g
Axis 6, 9
Reference Grunauer group XXXV
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)
Note The letter forms Ϲ and Ω also occur. The low representation of these coins in public collections is explained by the fact that most specimens come from a single recent hoard (see Grunauer, p. 80 = https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/21049).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     BCD = CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2849
2 2     BCD
3 3 –11     see Grunauer
12 12     CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2850
13 13     NY