Image of specimen #14 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2654 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 2654 |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Ephesus |
Region | Lydia |
City | Tralles |
Reign | Claudius |
Person (obv.) | Claudius (Augustus) ; Valeria Messallina |
Person (rev.) | Claudius (Augustus) |
Dating | AD 43/9 |
Obverse inscription | ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒΑϹ |
Edition | Τι(βέριος) Κλαύ(διος) Καῖ(σαρ) Σεβασ(τός) |
Translation | Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus |
Obverse design | draped bust of Messalina, right, facing laureate head of Claudius, left |
Reverse inscription | ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ ΒΡΕΤΑΝΝΙΚΟΣ |
Edition | Καίσαρεων Βρεταννικός |
Translation | of the Caesareans, Britannicus |
Reverse design | togate figure of Claudius (?) standing, facing, with ears of corn |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 19 mm |
Average weight | 5.17 g |
Axis | 2, 12 |
Reference | BMC 124 corr., Cop 691 |
Specimens | 16 (12 in the core collections) |
Note | The figure of the reverse is conventionally described as Britannicus, but it is an adult togate figure, so presumably it is more likely to be a figure of the emperor Claudius; the inscription Bretannikos would then be a continuation of the obverse, carried over onto the rev.: Ti Klau Kai Sebas/Bretannikos Kaisareon. But this is not at all certain. |
Correction | Corrected coin-type (post publication) |