RPC I, 4060

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4060
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Germanicus (Caesar)
Issue Year 67
Dating AD 48/9
Obverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Γερμανικὸς Καῖσαρ
Translation Germanicus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Germanicus(?), right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΩ, ΕΤΟΥϹ ΖΞ (in field)
Edition Καισαρέων τῶν πρός τῷ Ἀναζάρβῳ ἔτους ζξʹ
Translation of the Caesareans at Anazarbus, year 67
Reverse design bust of Zeus Olybris in front of mountain with acropolis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.36 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference MG 349, no. 10, Ziegler 35–43
Specimens 20 (8 in the core collections)
Note Ziegler identifies the obverse as 'Claudius(?)'.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.53045
2 2     NY: 1944.100.53046
3 3     L: 1975,0411.289
4 4     L: 1935,1019.5
5 5     B: 18245629, 1906 Löbbecke
6 6     B: 18245628, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer MG, no. 10, with Taf. F.20
7 7     C: 456-1948 (Grant)
8 8     Levante 1366
9 9     Berk sale 45 (1986), lot 415
10 10     Müller 49 (1985), lot 305
11 11     Prowe (Egger XLVI, 1914), lot 415
12 12     Niggeler (MMAG-Leu 1966) lot 647 = Finarte asta 995 [Fontana] (27.11.1996), lot 769
13 13     R. Ziegler, Münzen Kilikiens aus kleineren deutschen Sammlungen, 949
14 14     R. Ziegler, Münzen Kilikiens aus kleineren deutschen Sammlungen, 950
15 15     R. Ziegler, Münzen Kilikiens aus kleineren deutschen Sammlungen, 951
16 16     Düsseldorf: Ls4252.32.53 R. Ziegler, Münzen Kilikiens aus kleineren deutschen Sammlungen, 952
17 17     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 39, 26 Aug. 2017, lot 401
18 18     NY: 2000.8.1
19 19     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 226, 13 Feb. 2024, lot 648
20 20     priv Coll H.I.