RPC I, 2048

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2048
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Pasidienus Firmus (proconsul)
Dating c. 50
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Edition Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΠΑΣΙΔΙΗΝΟΣ ΦΙΡΜΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΩΝ ΠΟ, ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ, ΝΕΙΚ
Edition Πασιδιηνὸς Φίρμος πάτρων Πόπλιος ἀνθύπατος Νεικαιέων Πασιδιηνὸς Φίρμος πάτρων Πό(πλιος) ἀνθύπατος Νεικ(αιέων)
Translation Pasidienus Firmus, patron, Publius, proconsul of the Nicaeans
Reverse design inscription and monogram
Metal brass
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.80 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 26
Specimens 16 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 12
2 2     P Wa 390 = Rec, pl. LXVI.2
3 3     V: GR 15555
4 4     Mu: 8a
5 5     Cologne W. Weiser, Katolog der Bithynischen Münzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Allerhumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Band I: Nikaia, no. 8
6 6     Mabbott 1121A
7 7     N: S11271
8 8     VAuctions Pars Coins sale 4, 23 Dec. 2019, lot 171
9 9     ✸ CNG 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1042
10 10     Savoca 13, 12 Mar. 2017, lot 358 = CNG EA 516, 18 May 2022, lot 388
11 11     Lanz 123, 30 May 2005, lot 450
12 12     Naumann 101, 4 Apr. 2021, lot 382
13 13     Numismatik Naumann 130, 2 July 2023, lot 367
14 14     CNG EA 541, 28 June 2023, lot 312
15 15     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1008
16 16     SPQR Collection 7, 31 Mar.–1 Apr. 2025, lot 552