RPC I, 2023

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2023
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΗΕΟΥΣ ΚΤΙΣΤΟΥ ΚΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἡρακλέους κτίστου Κιανῶν
Translation of Heracles, founder of the Cians
Reverse design lion skin draped over club
Metal brass
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.23 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 32
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note Reverse legend reads ΗΡΑΚΛΗΕΟΥΣ ΚΤΙΣΤΟΥ, not ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ ΚΤΙΣΤΗ.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 472 Rec, pl. L.14
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1288 vA 7006
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 118, 14–15 Mar. 2002, lot 1717 = NAC 72, 16 May 2013, lot 1504
4 4     CGT coll. = Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 412
5 5     Naumann 68, 5 Aug. 2018, lot 248