RPC I, 2044

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2044
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 inscription in wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.77 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 22
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 10
2 2     P Rec, pl. LXV.19
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     Demos 13, 21 Oct. 2022, lot 506
5 5     ✸ M. Thomas coll. (ex N&N London Green X, 5 June 2023, lot 264)
6 6     Kybele Numismatics 3, 24 Apr. 2024, lot 547