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
Edition Μοψεατῶν τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ αὐτονόμου
Translation of the Mopsians, the sacred and autonomous (city)
Reverse design three figures (the Corybantes?) wearing helmets and holding spears and shields
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.77 g
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