RPC I, 2135

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2135
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Britannicus (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Nero (Caesar)
Issue Year 100
Dating 54/(5)
Obverse inscription TI CLAVD CAESAR BRITT D D C I F
Obverse design laureate head of Britannicus, left
Reverse inscription NERO CLA CAES PRINC IVV[ ]AN C
Reverse design laureate head of Nero, left
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 2
Reference RN 1986, 72–4
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Previously attributed to Hippo in Africa.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1966,0401.1 NC 1948, 128, n. 134 = RN 1986, pl. V.a
2 2     Mabbott 3828 = NC 1943, 92, illus.
3 3     L: 1991,0207.1 Sternberg XV, 1985, lot 338 = RN 1986, pl. V. b
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 772
5 5     London Coin Galleries 4, 1 June 2017, lot 674
6 6     CNG EA 535, 29 Mar. 2023, lot 244