RPC I, 2075

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2075
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Britannicus (Caesar)
Magistrate Gaius Cadius Rufus (proconsul)
Dating c. 47/8
Obverse inscription ΒΡΕΤΑΝΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ
Edition Βρεταννικὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστοῦ υἰὸς Βρεταννικὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστοῦ υἰὸς
Translation Britannicus Caesar, son of Augustus
Obverse design draped bust of Britannicus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡ, ΓΕΥΔΟΣ
Edition ἐπὶ Γαΐου Καδίου Ῥούφου ἀνθυπάτου πάτρωνος Γευδος ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Καδίου Ῥούφου ἀνθυπάτου πάτρ(ωνος) Γευδος
Translation under Gaius Cadius Rufus, proconsul, patron, Geudos
Reverse design capricorn on arch enclosing inscription
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.01 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec Commune Bithyniae 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note For attribution, see introduction. If the coin is correctly attributed to Nicomedia, one may surmise that Geudos is the name of a river near Nicomedia, and that the type refers to the construction of a bridge or aqueduct, perhaps by Cadius Rufus.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B MG 240, 62 'Nicaea' = Rec, pl. XXXV.4