RPC I, 2135

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2135
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Britannicus (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Nero (Caesar)
Issue Year 100
Dating 54/(5)
Obverse inscription TI CLAVD CAESAR BRITT D D C I F
Edition Ti(berius) Claud(ius) Caesar Britt(annicus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, by decree of the decurions, the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope)
Obverse design laureate head of Britannicus, left
Reverse inscription NERO CLA CAES PRINC IVV[ ]AN C
Edition Nero Cla(udius) Caes(ar) princ(eps) iuv[---] an(no) C
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar, prince of the youth [---], year 100
Reverse design laureate head of Nero, left
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.07 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference RN 1986, 72–4
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Previously attributed to Hippo in Africa.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1966,0401.1 NC 1948, 128, n. 134 = RN 1986, pl. V.a
2 2     Mabbott 3828 = NC 1943, 92, illus.
3 3     L: 1991,0207.1 Sternberg XV, 1985, lot 338 = RN 1986, pl. V. b
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 772
5 5     London Coin Galleries 4, 1 June 2017, lot 674
6 6     CNG EA 535, 29 Mar. 2023, lot 244