RPC I, 1006

 

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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)
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