RPC I, 5458

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5458
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ] Τ ΚΛΑΥ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ [ ]
Edition [---] Τ(ιβέριος) Κλαύ(διος) Γερμανικὸς [---]
Translation [---] Tiberius Claudius Germanicus [---]
Obverse design head of Claudius (?), right
Reverse inscription [ ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition [---] Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation [---] Caesar Augustus
Reverse design head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.31 g
Axis 11
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Imhoof-Blumer (on the ticket under the coin) suggested Elaea. The Plankenhorn specimen is apparently from the same dies. This new coin suggests that the reverse may read KAICAP CEBACTOC. Maybe more legend before (TI BPITANNIKOC KAICAP CEBACTOC suggested by D. Spangle).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18310861, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
2 2     Plankenhorn coll.
3 3     Biga Numismatics EA 27, 3 Feb. 2024, lot 297