RPC I, 2381B


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2381B json ttl rdf xml
Volume	I
Number	2381B (forgery)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Pergamum
Region	Lydia
City	Thyatira
Reign	Claudius
Person (obv.)	Britannicus (Caesar)
Dating	AD 50/4
Obverse inscription	ΒΡΕΤΑΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design	bare head of Britannicus, right
Reverse inscription	ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design	double axe
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	16 mm
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	F. Imhoof-Blumer, 'Britannicus auf Münzen', NZ 48 (1915), pp. 85-93, at p. 92, no. 25, cited the d'Ennery coin from Mionnet.
Addition	Additional coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				GRPCL Thyateira 138 , from wildwinds ('Jean Elsen & ses Fils, Dec. 2008') = Mionnet IV 890; Imhoof, "Britannicus auf Münzen", 25.	16			The obverse has been altered from a worn coin of Nero Caesar.	Show
2	2				Catalogue des médailles antiques et modernes ... du cabinet de M. D'Ennery (Paris, 1788), p. 584, no. 4023 = M. 4.156.890				"4023. ΒΡΙΤΑΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ... Tête de Britannicus. ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ. La hache (Bipennis) des Amazones."	Show