RPC I, 4831

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4831
Province Syria
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Issue Year 115
Dating AD 51/2
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ϹΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, L ΕΙΡ (in field)
Reverse design Nike standing, left, with wreath and palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 2, Barkay 9
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note For the reading of the year as 115 rather than 105, see H. Seyrig, RN, 1964, p. 66.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Seyrig
2 2     L BMC 4 'Nero'
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 2
4 4     J-SBF Spijkerman 2
5 5     Rosenberger 6
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 10