RPC I, 2077

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1269 Rec, pl. LXXXIX.10
2 2     Mu: 4b (20779)
3 3     Winterthur: G 6715 F L Kovacs FPL 24 (June 1985) lot 92
4 4     ✸ Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 431