RPC I, 5461

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5461
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ] ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ[ ]
Edition [---] Κλαύδιος Καῖσ[---]
Translation [---] Claudius Caesar [---]
Obverse design laureate head, right
Reverse inscription ΕΒ[ ]ΗΣ
Edition Ἑβ(—)[---]ης
Translation Heb[---]is
Reverse design wingless Nike standing, left with wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.62 g
Axis 12
Reference MG 450, no. 59
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The legend was read EBW[Δ]ΗΣ by lmhoof-Blumer (cf. Mi S8.387.61 = BMC, p. xxxii). Y. Meshorer (SM 106 (1977), pp. 33-6), however, rejected the attribution, on general grounds (the city was in the possession of the Nabataeans) and in view of the absence of any finds from the excavations at Ardat/Eboda. He suggested the reading ΓΑΒΗ-ΝW(N) and a re-attribution to Gaba, but, even if we were to accept that the first letter was Γ rather than E, the rest of Meshorer's proposed reading is difficult. lmhoof-Blumer's reading is preferred, though the omega does not seem clear. The coin was minted between 63 and 68 on the basis of the portrait.
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