RPC II, 541

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 541
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Flavian Latin mint in Thrace
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Issue Restored issues
Dating AD 81/2
Obverse inscription TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P
Edition Ti(berius) Claudius Caesar Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) Imp(erator) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power, emperor, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription IMP D CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST, S C
Edition Imp(erator) D(omitianus) Caes(ar) Divi Vesp(asiani) f(ilius) Aug(ustus) rest(ituit) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Emperor Domitian Caesar, son of the divine Vespasian, Augustus, restored, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Spes walking left, holding up flower and raising hem of dress
Metal brass
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 25.53 g
Reference Cahn 34
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Coin omitted in RPC II (2nd ed.), p. 328, note 95: '[...] we agree that the coin is an altered Titus original'.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 990