RPC I, 4528

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4528
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Byblus
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Issue Year 6
Dating AD 45/6
Obverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ
Edition Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος
Translation of Claudius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΒΥΒΛΙΩΝ, L Ϛ (to r.)
Edition Βυβλίων (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of the Byblians, of year 6
Reverse design Isis Pharia, left or right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.11 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 681–2, BMC 20
Specimens 15 (13 in the core collections)
Note Baramki 35 ('Augustus') records a coin with this rev. type, but with L Α; the coin is, however, unillustrated and coinage for Claudius year 1 needs confirmation.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1907,1102.9 BMC 20
2 2     P Bab 1384
3 3     NY: 1948.19.2186
4 4     NY: 1944.100.70856
5 5     NY: 1944.100.70857
6 6     B: 28713
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     O
9 9     C McClean 9480
10 10     Beirut-AUB Baramki 37
11 11     B: 12977
12 12     B: Löbb.
13 13     B: I-B
14 14     NY: 1944.100.70858
15 15     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4571