RPC I, 1113


Image of specimen #12

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1113 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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	Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Σεβαστός
Translation	Tiberius Claudius Augustus
Obverse design	bare head of Claudius, right or left
Reverse inscription	ΛΑ, ΕΠΙ ΛΑΚΩΝΟΣ
Edition	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	11.80 g
Axis	6, 9
Reference	Grunauer group XXXV
Specimens	14 (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).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1		BCD = CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2849	23	12.28	9		Show
2	2		BCD	23				Show
3	3 –11		see Grunauer	23				Show
12	12 ✸		CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2849	23	12.28	9		Show
13	13		CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2850	23.3	10.83	6		Show
14	14	NY		21	11.81		Rev.: GIC 58 (male head r. (emperor?) (on reverse))	Show