RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75609)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75609)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Claudius II
Person (obv.) Claudius II (Augustus)
Issue Year 2
Dating AD 269/70
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition 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 Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
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 9.81 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Specimens 24 (15 in the core collections)
Note Emmett 3886 describes the figure as Horus.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1914,0403.43 BMC 3354
    L: 1914,0403.43 BMC 3354
    P: 3539
    B: 96/1892
    B: Löbb.
    Cop SNG 846
    G SNG 4724
    NY: 1935.117.935
    NY: 1944.100.67695
    NY: 1974.26.4588
    NY: 1944.100.67696
    O: HCR31801 M 4263
    O: HCR31802 M 4264
    V: GR 25650
    V: GR 38257
    A: 4611
    A: ΔΚ 584
    A: 4605 Demetrio 3206
    Cologne Geissen 3036
    Michigan Karanis 43477
    Michigan Karanis 43478
    Osnabrück Savio 2079
    D 5390
    J. Aiello coll.