RPC I, 2040

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2040
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Cadius Rufus (proconsul)
Dating c. 47–8
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left; lituus before
Reverse inscription Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΑ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Κάδιος Ῥοῦφος ἀνθύπατος Νίκαια
Translation Gaius Cadius Rufus, proconsul, Nicaea
Reverse design within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.17 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 29
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 470 = Rec, pl. LXVI.5
2 2     B: I-B JIAN I, 1898, 25, on. 27
3 3     O
4 4     A: 1891/92 B 16
5 5     ✸ Leu EA 14, 12 Dec. 2020, lot 950
6 6     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
7 7     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 9, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 295