RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75595)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75595)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Claudius II
Person (obv.) Claudius II (Augustus)
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 268/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Κλαύδιος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Κλαύδιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Claudius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Claudius II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Harpocrates standing left, head right, holding olive branch and pomegranate; at feet left, pygmy
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.69 g
Axis 12
Reference Markl 18-20 ('Nackter ... Mann')
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)
Note Emmett 3886 describes the figure as Horus.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: 3527
    B: Löbb.
    NY: 1954.179.1
    NY: 1944.100.67658
    O: HCR31756 M 4223 (Harpocrates)
    O: HCR31757 M 4224
    V: GR 38237
    V: GR 38236
    Osnabrück Savio 2066
    ✸ CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 466 (Harpocrates of Pelusium)
    D 5389