RPC I, 3555

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3555
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Annius Afrinus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Series 3: (a) Pessinus
Dating c. 49/54
Obverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΠΕϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, ΕΠΙ ΑΦΡΙΝΟΥ (below)
Edition Πεσσινουντίων ἐπὶ Ἀφρίνου
Translation of the Pessinuntians, under Afrinus
Reverse design temple with six columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.48 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference BMC 3, Devreker 175, no. 13
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–6, 8: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     L BMC 3
4 4     P: Delepierre
5 5     Mu: 2b
6 6     Mu Devreker
7 7     Devreker = Weber (Hirsch sale) 3975
8 8     Devreker = Pessinus excavations = 200, no. 80
9 9     St Petersburg J. Devreker, ‘Les monnaies de Pessinounte: un supplément’, EA 24, 1995, pp. 85–90, at p. 85 no. 2, with Taf. II.1, 2
10 10     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 773
11 11     CNG EA 115, 25 May 2005, lot 278
12 12     Savoca 20, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 264
13 13     ✸ Naumann 101, 4 April 2021, lot 442
14 14     Divus Numismatik stock