RPC I, 5128

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5128
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 Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός 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 Αὐτοκράτωρ ἔτους βʹ Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation Emperor, of year 2
Reverse design hippopotamus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.59 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 11 (14 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)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 165 = Naville Numismatics 74, 19 June 2022, lot 293
2 2     O: HCR33940 M 75
3 3     L: 1838,0210.43.X BMC 97
4 4     Künker 312, 8 Oct. 2018, lot 2787 (ex Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 8895)
5 5     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 1941
6 6     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 1942
7 7     NY: 1944.100.69505
8 8     NY: 1944.100.69506
9 9     NY: 1944.100.69507
10 10     CNG Triton XXVIII Online Sessions, 22 Jan. 2025, lot 5416
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 580, 5 Feb. 2025, lot 372