RPC I, 4842

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4842
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Claudia Antonia ; Claudia Octavia ; Britannicus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IM P P
Edition Ti(berius) Claudius Caesar Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) Im(perator) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power, emperor, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ANTONIA BRITANNICVS OCTAVIA
Edition Antonia Britannicus Octavia
Translation Antonia, Britannicus, Octavia
Reverse design the three children of Claudius standing, facing; Antonia and Claudia Octavia hold cornucopias
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 11.52 g
Axis 12
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
Note A. Kindler, Ha'aretz Museum Yearbook 1983–4, p. 76, no. 6 seems to mention three examples from northern Israel.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Donovan coll. (ex Newman)
2 2     P: Seyrig
3 3     P: uncertain (ex Corinth 762)
4 4     B: uncertain 195/1884 M. Grant, Essays Mattingly, pl. IV. 3
5 5     BCD
6 6     Rosenberger III, 47, no. 11
7 7     J. Maltiel-Gerstenfeld, 260 Years of Ancient Jewish Coins, no. 139
8 8     JSW
9 9     excavations at Gamala, Golan Heights (INJ 12 (1992–93), p. 49 no. 37)
10 10     Numismatic Circular Apr. 2000 no. 1408
11 11     IMJ Sofaer 83
12 12     ✸ D. Kimel coll.