RPC I, 4037

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4037
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Ari—
Issue Claudius?
Obverse inscription [ ]ΙΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition [---]ιος Σεβαστός
Translation [---]ius Augustus
Obverse design laureate head, of Claudius?, left
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΑΡΙ
Edition Αἰγεαίων Ἀρi(—)
Translation of the Aegeaeans, Ari—
Reverse design inscription in three lines in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.63 g
Axis 12
Reference Haymann 3b
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 4037A/1.
Note ΑΡΙ also occurs on dated coins of 40/1 (4035) and 47/8 (4041), so that it is likely that the coin dates from this period. As the portrait and inscription seem different from those on 4035, an attribution to Claudius seems most plausible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18234452, 28764