RPC I, 2036

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2036
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Cadius Rufus (proconsul)
Dating c. 47–8
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left; two ears of corn before
Reverse inscription Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ, ΝΕΙΚΑ(Ι)ΕΩΝ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Κάδιος Ῥοῦφος ἀνθύπατος Νεικαιεῶν
Translation Gaius Cadius Rufus proconsul, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design side view of the building with (garlanded) upper storey
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.55 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 28
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 67/1902 Rec, pl. LXVI.4, rev. = M. Price and B. Trell, Greek Coins and Their Cities, 100, fig. 180
2 2     vA 7012 = M&M FPL 380, July 1976, lot 4
3 3     NY: 1944.100.42160
4 4     Winterthur: G 7074
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 345
6 6     CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 169