RPC I, 1005

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1005
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Cnossus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Nero (Augustus) ; Claudia Octavia
Magistrate Lupinus (duovir) ; Volumnius (duovir)
Dating c. AD 55–60
Obverse inscription NERO CLAV CAES AVG IMP VOLVMNIO LVPINO II
Obverse design bare head of Nero, r., with drapery on l. shoulder and sceptre
Reverse inscription NERO CLAVD CAES AVG IMP ET OCTAVIA AVGVSTI
Reverse design bare heads face to face of Claudia Octavia, to the r., and Nero, to the l.; a crescent over Claudia Octavia's head and a star over Nero's
Metal Æ
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Sv 217
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1947,0606.1324 Cameron
2 2     P: 801
3 3     P: 805
4 4     P: 806
5 5     B: Kassel
6 6     ✸ B: 18249381, 746/1877
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     A: Π1901-2 KS' 68
9 9     A: Π1901-2 KS' 69
10 10     Milan: 1096
11 11     Milan: Laffranchi 16366
12 12     O
13 13     Münster: M 854