RPC I, 2045

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2045
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Mindius Balbus (proconsul)
Dating c. 48–9
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription Λ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΣ ΒΑΛΒΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟϹ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΑ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Μίνδιος Βάλβος ἀνθύπατος Νεικαία
Translation Lucius Mindius Balbus, proconsul, Nicaea
Reverse design in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.70 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 22 (bare)
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 784a
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Cop SNG 469
4 4     vA 737 corr.
5 5     V: GR 31944
6 6     Mu: 7
7 7     Mu: 7
8 8     Themis 8, 18 Oct. 2020, lot 503
9 9     Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 132 = Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1006
10 10     Biga Numismatics EA 14, 15 Jan. 2023, lot 327
11 11     Naumann 84, 1 Dec. 2019, lot 215
12 12     ✸ N&N London Online Auction 2, 16 Apr. 2022, lot 237