RPC I, 2078

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2078
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
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left; before, lituus
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΒΑΛΒΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΝΚΟ
Reverse design thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Reference Rec 17
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1265
2 2     ✸ B: Rauch Rec, pl. LXXXIX.4