RPC I, 2043

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2043
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Mindius Balbus (proconsul)
Dating c. 48–9
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription Λ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΣ ΒΑΛΒΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟϹ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΑ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Μίνδιος Βάλβος ἀνθύπατος Νεικαία
Translation Lucius Mindius Balbus, proconsul, Nicaea
Reverse design in wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.76 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 23 = Rec Nicomedia 15 corr.
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1320 vA 7011
2 2     P: 785 Wa 388 = Rec, pl. LXV.20
3 3     B: Löbb. Rec, pl. LXXXIX.2
4 4     Leu 42 (1987) lot 274
5 5     Dresden: AAC 3218
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 253, 5 Mar. 2018, lot 320
7 7     ✸ F. Vink coll. (ex CNG FPL 26, Summer 2001, 75)