RPC I, 1588

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1588
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Britannicus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΒΡΕΤΑΝΝΙΚΟϹ ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙ(Κ)(Ε)(ΩΝ)
Reverse design draped bust of Britannicus, left
Metal copper
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Touratsoglou, Claudius 50–63 (53–4?)
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 81
2 2     ✸ Lanz 160, 15 June 2015, lot 363
3 3     Numismatica Genevensis 7, 27 Nov. 2012, lot 336 (ex Niggeler 574)
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll. = Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 249
6 6     Wildwinds
7 7     Roma Numismatics 89, 28 Oct. 2021, lot 802
8 8     Naumann 128, 4 Dec. 2022, lot 350
9 9     CNG 235, 23 June 2010, lot 342
10 10     G vol. 1, p. 371, 48 = SNG 678