RPC I, 2076

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2076
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Mindius Balbus (proconsul)
Dating c. 48/9
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς πατὴρ πατρίδος
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΒΑΛΒΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΝΚΟ
Edition ἐπὶ Μινδίου Βάλβου ἀνθυπάτου μητροπόλεως Ν(ι)κο(μηδέων)
Translation under Mindius Balbus, proconsul, of the metropolis of the Nicomedians
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.57 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 14
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 6
2 2     B: Löbb. Rec, pl. LXXXIX.1
3 3     ✸ Lanz 153, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 394