RPC I, 5119


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	5119
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Claudius
Person (obv.)	Claudius (Augustus)
Issue	LΒ = year 2
Dating	AD 41/2
Obverse inscription	ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝ[Ι ΑΥΤΟΚΡ]
Edition	Τι(βέριος) Κλαύ(διος) Καῖ(σαρ) Σεβασ(τὸς) Γερμανι(κὸς) Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ)
Translation	Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
Obverse design	laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription	L Β
Edition	(ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	hippopotamus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average weight	8.21 g
Specimens	3 (3 in the core collections)
Note	Obverse legend corrected from RPC. The legend is not fully clear, and the version given here follows Dattari 163 (which is not clear in DS). See also 5120.