RPC I, 1515

 

Image of specimen #16

 

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 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate 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 colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandria col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Cassandr(ia)
Translation the Julio-Augustan colony Cassandrea
Reverse design head of Ammon, right
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 8.85 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 6 (?), BMC 4, Cop 147
Specimens 18 (12 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)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 591
2 2     Turin Fabretti 2272
3 3     NY: 1953.171.78 SNG 229
4 4     L BMC 4
5 5     L: 1844,0425.1573
6 6     Cop SNG 147
7 7     G SNG 637
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     V: GR 35019
10 10     V: Incerti 27335/77
11 11     Mu
12 12     Mu: 2
13 13     Mu: 3
14 14     PV
15 15     D.G. coll. (ex NAC B, 25 Feb. 1992, lot 1783; NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1155; CNG EA 534, 15 March 2023, lot 288)
16 16     ✸ D.G. coll. (ex Fitz 1, 26 March 2023, lot 424)
17 17     Savoca 115th Blue, 9 Oct. 2021, lot 492
18 18     CGT coll. = Savoca 145th Blue, 15 Oct. 2022, lot 842