RPC I, 2073

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2073
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Cadius Rufus (proconsul)
Dating c. 47/8
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΔΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΩΝΟΣ
Edition ἐπὶ Γαΐου Κάδιου Ῥούφου ἀνθυπάτου πάτρωνος
Translation under Gaius Cadius Rufus, proconsul, patron
Reverse design veiled head (wreath of ears of corn?), right, with poppy in front; two monograms
Metal brass
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 16.75 g
Axis 8, 12
Reference Rec 20
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Different dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G 735 Rec, pl. LXXXIX.9
2 2     London trade (1987)
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 980 = NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 2487