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Assarion - Kotys I Claudius and Agrippina II
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 45-68 |
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| Value | Sestertius (1) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of the Emperor Claudius facing right, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Bosporan coinage. The portrait displays a wreath of laurel leaves secured about the head, with the drapery of the paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The surrounding Greek legend reads ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ, with the regnal year mark ΙΒ (year 12) also present in the field. The die engraving, though somewhat coarse in execution, faithfully conveys the imperial iconography of Julio-Claudian portraiture within the Bosporan minting tradition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (45-68) - RPC 1924; MacDonald 325 - ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΒΑΚ - ND (45-68) - RPC 1925; MacDonald 326 - ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝ ΒΑΚ - |
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