RPC I, 2221

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2221
Province Asia
Region Uncertain
City Cistophoric mint
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Augustus (Divus)
Issue Group I (Ephesus?)
Obverse inscription TI CLAVD CAES·AVG
Edition Ti(berius) Claud(ius) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ROM ET AVG, COM ASI (in field)
Edition Rom(a) et Aug(ustus) Com(mune) Asi(ae)
Translation Rome and Augustus, Koinon of Asia
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing figure of Augustus crowned by female figure holding cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.90 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 228, RIC 120
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).cl.120
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
Note Fineness: 91% (Walker, Metrology I, 412–20). 37 coins, 16 obv. dies. Countermark: IMP VES AVG (GIC 840: Mu 20, V = SM 1963, 4 (h)).

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