RPC I, 5139A (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5139A (forgery)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Britannicus (Caesar)
Issue LΙ = year 10
Dating AD 49/50
Obverse inscription ΒΡΕΤΑΝΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Βρεταννικὸς Καῖσαρ
Translation Britannicus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Britannicus, right
Reverse inscription L Ι
Edition (ἔτους) ιʹ
Translation of year 10
Reverse design winged caduceus and four ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.65 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required, as it may have been altered from a coin of Claudius of year 10 or 11?
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Wulfing: WC 1569 Kevin Herbert, The John Max Wulfing Collection in Washington University, vol. III: Roman Imperial Coins. Augustus to Hadrian and Antonine Selections, 31 BC – AD 180, (Wauconda, Illinois: 1996), no. 238