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
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡ
Reverse design helmet bust of Athena/Roma, right
Metal copper
Average diameter 26 mm
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