RPC I, 1039

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1039
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Gortyn
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ
Edition Ζεύς
Translation Zeus
Reverse design head of Zeus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.28 g
Axis 6
Reference Sv 36
Specimens 15 (13 in the core collections)
Note The two coins in G and RPC I pl. 58 have obv. laureate head of Nero, rather than bare head.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1927,0310.1 Seager
2 2     L: 1947,0606.692
3 3     L: 1947,0606.693
4 4     P: 1314 Cos
5 5     B: a.B.
6 6     B: Rauch
7 7     B: I-B
8 8     Cop SNG 702
9 9     O: HCR83747
10 10     O: HCR83746
11 11     NY
12 12     G Hunter 7 = SNG 344
13 13     G Hunter 8 = SNG 345
14 14     Leeds-UL: 623
15 15     ✸ CNG EA 345, 25 Feb. 2015, lot 93