RPC I, 966

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 966
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Unlocated mint of Crete
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Augustus (Divus)
Issue first group
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕ ΓΕΡΜ ΑΡΧ ΜΕΓ ΔΗΜ ΕΞΟΥ ΥΠ(Α)
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription
Reverse design statue of Divus Augustus, in a toga, holding patera and sceptre, placed on a waggon drawn by four elephants, each with its mohout-rider, left; in the field, seven stars
Metal silver
Axis 12
Reference Sv 7
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4, 9: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 4
2 2     ✸ P: 601
3 3     Marseille
4 4     V: GR 33775 ex Hirsch XXI, 1908 (Weber coll.), lot 2072
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     Mu
7 7     O: HCR83730 ex Lockett 2081
8 8     Ratto 26 Feb. 1889, lot 741
9 9     Cop SNG 572
10 10     Santamaria, Signorelli II, 1952, 1112
11 11     NY: 1944.100.40875