RPC I, 2039

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2039
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Britannicus (Caesar)
Magistrate Gaius Cadius Rufus (proconsul)
Dating c. 47–8
Obverse inscription [ΒΡΙΤΑΝΝ]ΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ[Υ ΥΙΟΣ]
Edition Βριταννικὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστοῦ υἰὸς
Translation Britannicus Caesar, son of Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Britannicus, left
Reverse inscription Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΝΘ[ΥΠΑΤΟΣ], Ν[ΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ]
Edition Γ(άϊος) Κάδιος Ῥοῦφος ἀνθύπατος Νεικαιεῶν
Translation Gaius Cadius Rufus proconsul, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design side view of building
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.60 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Leake SNG 4110
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1751