RPC I, 1006

 

Image of specimen #56

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1006
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 LVPINO VOLVMNIO II
Edition Nero Clau(dius) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Imp(erator) Lupino Volumnio duo(viris)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus, emperor, with Lupinus and Volumnius duovirs
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right, with drapery on left shoulder and sceptre
Reverse inscription NERO CLAVD CAES AVG IMP ET OCTAVIA AVGVSTI
Edition Nero Claud(ius) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Imp(erator) et Octavia Augusti
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus, emperor, and Octavia wife of Augustus
Reverse design bare heads face to face of Claudia Octavia, to the right, and Nero, to the left; a crescent over Claudia Octavia's head and a star over Nero's
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.85 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 56 (45 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1868,1207.5
2 2     L: 1872,0510.2
3 3     L: 1920,0805.1468 Fox
4 4     L: 1926,0116.134 Seager
5 5     L: 1927,0310.53 Seager
6 6     L: 1927,0310.54 Seager
7 7     L: 1947,0606.375 Cameron
8 8     G: 688
9 9     G: 689
10 10     G: 690
11 11     P: 802
12 12     P: 803
13 13     P: 804
14 14     P: 807
15 15     P: 807a
16 16     P: 807b
17 17     P: 182
18 18     B: Rauch
19 19     B: Dannnberg
20 20     B: I-B
21 21     B: Löbb.
22 22     B: 674/1890
23 23     B: a.B.
24 24     V: GR 27335
25 25     V
26 26     V
27 27     V
28 28     Milan: 1097
29 29     Milan: 1098
30 30     Milan: Laffranchi 16369
31 31     Mu
32 32     Mu
33 33     Mu
34 34     Mu
35 35     Mu
36 36     O
37 37     O
38 38     O
39 39     O
40 40     O
41 41     O
42 42     O
43 43     O
44 44     G
45 45     G
46 46     Hamburg: 150
47 47     A: 4603γ
48 48     A-BoG: 817
49 49     Karlsruhe
50 50     NY: 1944.100.40422
51 51     NY: 1944.100.40423
52 52     NY: 1944.100.40424
53 53     Leeds-UL: 622
54 54     Stack's Ancient and World Coin Mar. 2006, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 694
55 55     Münster: 1254
56 56     ✸ D. Kimel coll. (ex Künker 396, 13 Nov. 2023, lot 1404)