RPC I, 2654

 

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Coin type
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)

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