RPC I, 2132

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2132
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Britannicus (Caesar) ; Nero (Caesar)
Issue Year 96
Dating 51/2
Obverse inscription NER CLAVD CAES·CLAVD BRITTAN CAE
Edition Ner(o) Claud(ius) Caes(ar) Claud(ius) Britann(icus) Cae(sar)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar, Claudius Britannicus Caesar
Obverse design jugate heads of Nero and Britannicus, left
Reverse inscription C I F ANN XCVI
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) ann(o) XCVI
Translation the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 96
Reverse design caduceus between crossed cornucopias
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.51 g
Axis 6
Reference NC 1971, 125, no. 8
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1968,0306.1 NC 1971, pl. 24.8
2 2     NY: 1950.128.1
3 3     L: 1991,0207.2
4 4     Sinop: 7-19-71 Casey 322
5 5     ✸ Rex Numismatics E-Rex 2, 30 Sept. 2023, lot 214
6 6     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 3, 17 Nov. 2023, lot 215