RPC I, 5125

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5125
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 ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύ(διος) Καῖ(σαρ) Σεβασ(τὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right; to right, lituus
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ, L Β
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation Emperor, of year 2
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.25 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 9 (9 in the core collections)
Note There is a tiny lituus to the right of the neck, presumably to denote the denomination.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 132 = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 294
2 2     L: 1844,0425.1535 BMC 80
4 4     Dattari 134 = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 288
5 5     ✸ DS 6697 = Naville Numismatics 26, 23 Oct. 2016, lot 126
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 486, 24 Feb. 2021, lot 364
8 8     Naville Numismatics 83, 30 July 2023, lot 244
9 9     NY: 1944.100.69498
10 10     NY: 1944.100.69499