RPC I, 1515

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1515
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Cassandrea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription TI CLA CAESAR AVG GERM P M T P
Edition Ti(berius) Cla(udius) Caesar Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) T(ribunicia) P(otestate)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG CASSANDR
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Cassandr(ensis)
Translation the Julio-Augustan colony Cassandrea
Reverse design head of Ammon, right
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 8.87 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 6 (?), BMC 4, Cop 147
Specimens 19 (13 in the core collections)
Note The coin illustrated by AkiNG as a coin of Claudius is probably one of Nero, in view of the left-facing head of Ammon.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

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