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Image of specimen #4 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2077 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 2077 |
Province | Bithynia-Pontus |
Region | Bithynia |
City | Nicomedia |
Reign | Claudius |
Person (obv.) | Britannicus (Caesar) |
Magistrate | Lucius Mindius Balbus (proconsul) |
Dating | c. 48/9 |
Obverse inscription | ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΒΡΕΤΑΝΝΙΚΟΣ |
Edition | Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Βρεταννικός |
Translation | Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus |
Obverse design | bare head of Britannicus, right |
Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΒΑΛΒΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, ΝΚΟ (below) |
Edition | ἐπὶ Μινδίου Βάλβου ἀνθυπάτου μητροπόλεως Ν(ι)κο(μηδέων) |
Translation | under Mindius Balbus, proconsul, of the metropolis of the Nicomedians |
Reverse design | prow, left, with one or three shields |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 26 mm |
Average weight | 10.80 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Rec 24 corr. |
Specimens | 4 (2 in the core collections) |
Note | Reinach's annotated copy of Rec records a variety with head l., but gives no source. |