RPC I, 2046

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2046
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 Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription Λ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΣ ΒΑΛΒΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ (around) ΝΕΙΚΑΙΑ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Μίνδιος Βάλβος ἀνθύπατος Νεικαία
Translation Lucius Mindius Balbus, proconsul, Nicaea
Reverse design
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.56 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 24
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 786 Rec, pl. LXV.21
2 2     B: 877/1892
3 3     G: 5
4 4     Münzhandlung Ritter 22 (1985) lot 264
5 5     Mu: 8
6 6     C: 204/1948 (Grant)
7 7     Milan: Laffranchi 1047
8 8     Müller 53 (1986)
9 9     Amsterdam
10 10     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 257, 15 Oct. 2018, lot 612
11 11     CGT coll. = Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 644
12 12     Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 343
13 13     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
14 14     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1007 (ex Finarte 995, Milano 1996, lot 767)