RPC I, 3555

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3555
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Annius Afrinus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Series 3: (a) Pessinus
Dating c. 49/54
Obverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΠΕϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, ΕΠΙ ΑΦΡΙΝΟΥ (below)
Reverse design temple with six columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference BMC 3, Devreker 175, no. 13
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–6, 8: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     L BMC 3
4 4     P: Delepierre
5 5     Mu: 2b
6 6     Mu Devreker
7 7     Devreker = Weber (Hirsch sale) 3975
8 8     Devreker = Pessinus excavations = 200, no. 80
9 9     St Petersburg J. Devreker, ‘Les monnaies de Pessinounte: un supplément’, EA 24, 1995, pp. 85–90, at p. 85 no. 2, with Taf. II.1, 2
10 10     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 773
11 11     CNG EA 115, 25 May 2005, lot 278
12 12     Savoca 20, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 264
13 13     Naumann 101, 4 April 2021, lot 442
14 14     ✸ Divus Numismatik stock