RPC I, 2065


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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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)

Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	P: 151	Rec, pl. XXXV.1	26	9.22			Show
2	L: G 1201		26			only ]ΑΡ ΣΕΒ[ is legible on the obv.; the rev. has the same legend as 1, but it is from a different die. The restoration of the obv. is based on 2066. It, and the obv. legends of the whole of Mindius Pollio's coinage, end with elements of Γερμανικὸς Ἀρχιερεὺς Μέγας Δημαρχικῆς Ἑξουσίας Αὐτοκράτωρ Πατὴρ Πατρίδος, sometimes confusedly. Qualitative metal analysis on coin.	Show
3		Weigel coll.		8.56		The new specimen confirms the obverse legend and shows that Claudius’s head is laureate, not bare.	Show
4 ✸		Leu EA 1, 25 June 2017, lot 736	27.3	7.13	8		Show

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