RPC I, 2431

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2431
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Aegae
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Britannicus (Caesar)
Magistrate Apollodorus, also called Chaleas (in office for the second time and son of the city)
Dating c. AD 43/8
Obverse inscription ΒΡΕΤΑΝΝΙΚΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Βρεταννικὸς Καῖσαρ
Translation Britannicus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Britannicus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ (ΕΠΙ ΧΑΛΕΟΥ)
Edition Αἰγαέων ἐπὶ Χάλεου
Translation of the Aegaeans, under Chaleos
Reverse design Zeus standing, left, head facing, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.40 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1850,0326.127
2 2     P: 1983/601 ex Sternberg XIII (1983) lot 574 ('Germanicus')
3 3     Aufhäuser 2 (1985) lot 208
4 4     Winterthur Bankhaus Aufhäuser 5, 5 Oct. 1988, lot 247
5 5     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1071
6 6     Heritage NYINC Signature Sale 3045, 12 Jan. 2016, lot 32204
7 7     Roma Numismatics XVIII, 29 Sept. 2019, lot 755 = Artemide Aste XLVIII, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 314 = Editions V. Gadoury 2012, 1 Dec. 2012, lot 112 = Hauck & Aufhäuser 20, 16 Oct. 2007, lot 255
8 8     Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 570
9 9     ✸ Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 467
10 10     Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 436
11 11     D. Berthod coll.