RPC I, 4059

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4059
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Issue Year 67
Dating AD 48/9
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΩ, ΕΤΟΥϹ ΖΞ (in field)
Reverse design helmeted figure of Roma, with half breast naked and short chiton, standing left, holding Nike over altar on her extended right hand and resting on spear with left; on left field, shield and trophy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Ziegler 44–46
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Note Ziegler identifies the figure on the reverse as the emperor.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 152 Wa 4103
2 2     P: 151 Wa 4102
3 3     Winterthur: G 6650 Waddell, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 475
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 165, 17 Mar. 2008, lot 1567
5 5     CNG EA 370, 9 Mar. 2016, lot 278
6 6     CGT
7 7     CGT coll. (ex Auctiones eAuction 54, 18 Dec. 2016, lot 125)
8 8     Boston: 1990.609
9 9     Boston: 1999.259