RPC I, 2070

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2070
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Mindius Pollio (proconsul)
Dating c. 42
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛ(Α)ΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΑΡΧ ΜΕΓ Δ Ε Α[ΥΤ] Π Π
Obverse design laureate (or bare?) head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΩ
Reverse design head of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Note VA identified the head on the rev. as Bithynia, presumably because he followed the attribution of the coins to the Commune Bithyniae.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 271
2 2     Lindgren 96
3 3     Malter XXXIV (1986) lot 445
4 4     Gorny & Mosch EA 259, 20 Oct. 2018, lot 3465
5 5     ✸ Bochum: M 3206
6 6     Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 136
7 7     N&N London EA 8, 24 Sept. 2022, lot 175