RPC I, 968

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 968
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)
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σε(βαστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) ἀρχ(ιερεὺς) μέγ(ας) δημ(αρχικῆς) ἐξου(σίας) ὕπα(τος)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power, consul
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription
Reverse design statue of Divus Augustus, in a toga, seated on a curule chair, holding patera and sceptre, left; Feet rest on stool; in the field, seven stars
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.48 g
Axis 12
Reference Sv 6
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 7: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 5
2 2     P: 600
3 3     V: GR 14447
4 4     Cop SNG 571
5 5     C McClean 7218 = ex Hirsch XXI/1908 = Weber 2071
6 6     Mu
7 7     Amsterdam
8 8     ✸ Lanz 120, 18 May 2004, lot 247