RPC I, 4118

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4118
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Uncertain Syrian mint of Zeus tetradrachms
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ, ΝΙ (in l. field), ΑΣ (in exergue)
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, with Nike and sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 40 mm
Reference Prieur 42, McAlee 238
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 15a
2 2     Prieur coll. = Knobloch (Stacks, June 1970), lot 457 = Empire 7 (1987), lot 331
3 3     Spink 40 (1984), lot 288 = Galata coins (Dec. 1985)
4 4     McAlee
5 5     ✸ Spink 14006, 22 Sept. 2014, lot 725