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
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) ἀρχ(ιερεὺς) μέγ(ιστος) δ(ημαρχικῆς) ἐ(ξουσίας) α[ὐτ](οκράτωρ) π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power, Emperor, father of the fatherland
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΩ
Edition ἐπὶ Λ(ουκίου) Μινδίου Πωλλίωνος ἀνθυπάτου πάτρω(νος)
Translation under Lucius Mindius Pollio, proconsul, protector
Reverse design head of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.37 g
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.
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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