RPC I, 4011A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4011A
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Augusta
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ Κ]ΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ[ΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ]
Edition Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription [ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΑ]ΝΩΝ
Edition Αὐγουστανῶν
Translation of the Augustans
Reverse design Nike holding wreath and palm, walking right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 22.43 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The coin should probably be attributed to Augusta, although little can be read of the reverse legend, and the restoration must remain tentative. No coinage was previously known for Claudius, and, if the attribution is correct, then this large denomination (not previously known for Augusta at this period) would parallel the large denominations struck for Claudius at Anazarbus (RPC I, 4059).See now W. Weiser, ‘Neues zu kilikischen Münzen der frühen Kaiserzeit’, MÖNG 39.2, 1999, pp. 26-7. Cf. Giessener 101, 2000, lot 623 (AUGUSTANWN ETOYS with possible reading of the date as AI), 4.18.
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