RPC I, 3559

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3559
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: (b) Ancyra?
Dating c. 49/54
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Καῖσαρ
Translation Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΦΡΙΝΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀφρίνου
Translation under Afrinus
Reverse design inscription in three lines in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.27 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Devreker 191, no. 10
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
Note Specimen 9 shows that the obv. legend does not include ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ. The Ν is retrograde on 2. 4 was found at Konya: see introduction for the problem this raises. See also 3558.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 1
2 2     P: 44 Wa 6592
3 3     V: GR 27335 25
4 4     Istanbul B. Rémy, BSFN 1989, 522–3
5 5     Lindgren 1671 and Pl. 66
6 6     Schulten 20.10.1987, lot 411
7 7     P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1387
8 8     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 321
9 9     ✸ Künker 182, 14 Mar. 2011, lot 559
10 10     Savoca EA 25 Silver, 16 Sept. 2018, lot 564
11 11     Rodriguez Bou coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     Savoca 30th Silver, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 255
14 14     Zeus Budget 16, 26 Feb. 2021, lot 265