RPC I, 2487

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2487
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Nero
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Hieronymos (strategos) ; Tiberius Claudius Sosandros (strategos)
Issue no imperial portrait
Dating c. AD 68/9
Obverse inscription ΣΤΡΑ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΣΩΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Τι(βερίου) Κλαυδίου Σωσάνδρου Ζμυρναίων
Translation of the strategos Tiberius Claudius Sosandros, of the Smyrneans
Obverse design Zeus seated, left, with transverse sceptre
Reverse inscription ΕΠ(Ε)Ι ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΙΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΥ
Edition ἐπ{ε}ὶ Τι(βερίου) Κλαυδίου Ἱερωνύμου
Translation under Tiberius Claudius Hieronymos
Reverse design inscription in laurel wreath
Metal bronze
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.17 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Klose III A, 1–15
Specimens 21 (4 in the core collections)
Note 8 obv. and 14 rev. dies. The form Ϲ also occurs.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 120
2 2     L: 1895,0606.35
3 3 –16     see Klose
15 15     Mu
16 16     Mu
17 17     Naumann 71, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 328
18 18     ✸ Peus 382, 26 Apr. 2005, lot 621
19 19     CGT coll.