RPC I, 2913A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2913A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Antonius Polemon, son of Zenon (priest)
Dating AD 50/4
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟΣ ΥΙΟΥ ΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀντωνίου Πολέμωνος υἱοῦ Ζήνωνος Λαοδικέων
Translation of Antonius Polemon, son of Zenon, of the Laodiceans
Reverse design Zeus Laodiceus standing, left, with eagle and staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 6.04 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The reverse legend of /1 is misread in the auction catalogue, but the obverse is a variant from the usual ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ. This suggests, in turn, that the coins signed by Pythes and Dioscourides (RPC I, 2901-11) should perhaps be reattributed to Claudius.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1991,0207.4 ex Schulten, 15 Oct. 1990, lot 512
2 2     Mu SNG 377 (378 on plate)