RPC I, 2065

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2065
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Mindius Pollio (proconsul)
Dating c. 42
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟΚ ΜΕΓ Δ Ε Π Π
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) μέγ(ας) δ(ημαρχικῆς) ἐ(ξουσίας) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Emperor, chief (priest), with tribunician power, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Λ(ουκίου) Μινδίου Πωλλίωνος ἀνθυπάτου πάτρ(ωνος)
Translation under Lucius Mindius Pollio, proconsul, protector
Reverse design helmet bust of Athena/Roma, right
Metal copper
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.30 g
Axis 8
Reference Rec Commune Bithyniae 1
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note The specimen 3 confirms the obverse legend and shows that Claudius’s head is laureate, not bare.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 151 Rec, pl. XXXV.1
2 2     L: G 1201
3 3     Weigel coll.
4 4     ✸ Leu EA 1, 25 June 2017, lot 736