RPC I, 1438

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1438
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Livia (Augusta)
Magistrate Antigonos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλῶν
Translation of the Thessalians
Obverse design female bust (Livia? or Artemis?)
Reverse inscription ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ
Edition στρατηγοῦ Ἀντιγόνου
Translation of the strategos Antigonos
Reverse design Artemis (Ennodia?) advancing, right, holding torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.07 g
Axis 2
Reference Rogers 72 = 56a, Burrer Em 1, p. 144–5, 96–7 (series 5)
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Considered as from the reign of Claudius in Burrer, but Tiberius in RPC I.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 90
2 2     NY: 1944.100.17731
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 928