RPC I, 4055

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4055
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Claudius
Issue Year 113
Dating AD 45/6
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Zeus, right; to right, eagle
Reverse inscription ΜΟΨΕΑΤΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ
Reverse design three figures (the Corybantes?) wearing helmets and holding spears and shields
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference von Aulock 12
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note Although undated, the coin seems to belong to this year in view of the similarity with 4054.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Levante 1323 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 230
2 2 –3     see von Aulock
4 4     Winterthur: G 6988 ex Schulten, 27 Mar. 1990, lot 571
5 5     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
6 6     Naville 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 155