RPC I, 3541

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3541
Province Galatia
Region Lycaonia
City Iconium
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Annius Afrinus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΑΦΡΕΙΝΟΥ
Reverse design Hades seated, left, with sceptre; (below throne, cerberus)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Lyk., 253–7
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note A worn specimen was misattributed to Pessinus by Imhoof-Blumer (MG 415, no. 172, cf. M. Grant, NC, 1950, p. 45, n. 23), followed by J. Devreker, Fouilles de Pessinounte, p. 174, no. 12.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 17358
2 2 –5     see vA Lyk. 253 and 255–7
6 6     ✸ J. Clark coll. (ex Saint Paul Antiques 15, lot 278)
7 7     Boston: 64.1202
8 8     Savoca Coins Silver 156th Silver, 19 Feb. 2023, lot 193