RPC I, 2488

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2488
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 ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΙΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΥ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Τι(βερίου) Κλαυδίου Ἱερωνύμου Ζμυρναίων
Translation under Tiberius Claudius Hieronymos, of the Smyrnaeans
Obverse design Zeus seated, left, with transverse sceptre
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ϹΩϹΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Τι(βερίου) Κλαυδίου Σωσάνδρου
Translation (under) strategos Tiberius Claudius Sosandros
Reverse design inscription in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.44 g
Axis 6
Reference Klose III A, 16–18
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note 2 obv. and 3 rev. dies. The form Σ also occurs.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2636 Klose III.16.2
2 2 –4     see Klose