RPC I, 1437

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1437
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Antigonos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλῶν Σεβαστήων
Translation of the Augustan Thessalians
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ
Edition στρατηγοῦ Ἀντιγόνου
Translation of the strategos Antigonos
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head right, holding serpent-staff
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.06 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rogers 61–2 = Moustaka 187, BMC 70, Cop 332, Burrer Em 1, p. 143, 87–90 (series 3, 2) and p. 143–4, 91–5 (series 4)
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note Considered as Claudius in Burrer, but as Tiberius in RPC I.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 70
2 2     Cop SNG 332
3 3     B: Rauch
4 4     ✸ Nomos 4: BCD Collection of Thessaly, 10 May 2011, lot 1402
5 5     CGT coll. = CNG 383, 28 Sept. 2016, lot 384
6 6     NY: 1944.100.17720
7 7     NY: 1944.100.17722
8 8     Savoca 109 Blue, 24-25 July 2021, lot 487