RPC I, 5127

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5127
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 ΓΕΡΜΑ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύ(διος) Καῖ(σαρ) Σεβασ(τὸς) Γερμα(νικός)
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 six ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.19 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (11 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 143 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 359
2 2     L: 1864,1118.273 BMC 101
3 3     Dattari 144
4 4