RPC I, 4042

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4042
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ] ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ [
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ϹΤΡΑ
Reverse design inscription in three lines in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 21, Haymann 15
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note ϹΤΡΑ seems more likely to be a personal name than a date, in view of its position and the clear use of Ϲ rather than Ɛ (as in ƐΤ).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 21
2 2     O
3 3     Levante 1693 = CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 446 = CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1087
4 4     CGT coll. = Savoca 24 Blue, 2 Sept. 2019, lot 976
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 465 (ex Lanz 96, 23 Nov. 1998, lot 535) = Leu EA 23, 22 Aug. 2022, lot 3650