RPC I, 2024

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2024
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 quiver and arrows in case
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.89 g
Axis 2, 11, 12
Reference Rec 33
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Note Reverse legend reads ΗΡΑΚΛΗΕΟΥΣ ΚΤΙΣΤΟΥ, not ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ ΚΤΙΣΤΗ.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 473 Rec, pl. L.15
2 2     Cop SNG 388
3 3     NY: 1944.100.42059
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     vA 509
6 6     Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 334
7 7     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 46 - Part 1, 15 Feb. 2018, lot 394
8 8     Boston: 62.522
9 9     Numismad 6, 28 - 29 Jan. 2023, lot 1077