RPC I, 1743

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1743
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Sestus
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔ ΚΑΙ(ϹΑΡ)
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδ(ιος) Καῖσαρ
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ϹΗϹΤΙΩΝ
Edition Σηστίων
Translation of the Sestians
Reverse design lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.62 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
Note Most of the coins have a crude portrait with an obv. legend starting at 5 o'clock and reading anticlockwise with ΚΑΙ, but 9 and 11 have a good style, with the legend starting at 10 o’clock anticlockwise with ΚΑΙϹΑΡ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18237168, I-B
2 2     C SNG 1786
3 3     N: 6472
4 4     P: uncertain
5 5     Lanz 160, 15 June 2015, lot 360
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ Concordia Numismatic 1, 7 Jan. 2023, lot 646
9 9     CGT coll. = Savoca 150th Blue, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 701
10 10     Gerhard Hirsch 338, 9 May 2018, lot 538
11 11     iNumis Mail Bid Sale 34, 11 Oct. 2016, lot 169
12 12     VCoins Tom Vossen Jan. 2024 SKU: 27072