RPC I, 4061

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4061
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Claudius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΝ
Edition Καίσαρέων τῶν πρός Ἀναζάρβον
Translation of the Caesareans at Anazarbus
Reverse design three ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.65 g
Axis 12
Reference AMC 1423 corr., Ziegler 29–34
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Note Ziegler reads the reverse as ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΑΝΑ(Ζ)ΑΡΒ(Ω); he had not seen 4061/3. See W. Weiser, ‘Neues zu kilikischen Münzen der frühen Kaiserzeit’, MÖNG 39.2, 1999, pp. 23-6, and R. Ziegler, ‘Ergänzungen zum Münzcorpus der Stadt Anazarbos in Kilikien’, JNG 48/49 (1998/99), pp. 102-3. Ziegler 33 (RPC 4061/3), 34 and the new􏰀􏰓􏰄􏰆􏰈􏰫􏰄􏰁 specimen published first by Weiser have no obv. legend and are given to Tiberius.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 426/1911
2 2     L: 1975,0715.2
3 3     L: 1991,0130.91
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     ✸ Levante 1367 = CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 617
6 6     Istanbul NC 1949, 163, n. 51
7 7     Antakya
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll. = Zeus Budget 10, 12 July 2020, lot 386
10 10     NSB Auction 2, 23 Dec. 2020, lot 413 ('Nero')
11 11     Savoca Coins 158 Blue, 11 Mar. 2023, lot 789 (Claudius II)
12 12     Nimrod Numismatik 2, 9 July 2023, lot 247