RPC I, 2381B (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2381B (forgery)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Britannicus (Caesar)
Dating AD 50/4
Obverse inscription ΒΡΕΤΑΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Βρεταν(νικὸς) Καῖσαρ
Translation Britannicus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Britannicus, right
Reverse inscription ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition Θυατειρηνῶν
Translation of the Thyatirans
Reverse design double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note F. Imhoof-Blumer, 'Britannicus auf Münzen', NZ 48 (1915), pp. 85-93, at p. 92, no. 25, cited the d'Ennery coin from Mionnet.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ GRPCL Thyateira 138 , from wildwinds ('Jean Elsen & ses Fils, Dec. 2008') = Mionnet IV 890; Imhoof, "Britannicus auf Münzen", 25.
2 2     Catalogue des médailles antiques et modernes ... du cabinet de M. D'Ennery (Paris, 1788), p. 584, no. 4023 = M. 4.156.890