RPC I, 1189

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1189
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Acilius Candidus (duovir) ; Quintus Fulvius Flaccus (duovir)
Dating AD 54–5
Obverse inscription NERO CLAV(D) (or CLAV) CAES AVG (or AVG)
Edition Nero Claud(ius) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right or left
Reverse inscription M A(C)(I) CANDIDO IIVIR COR, GEN COL (in field)
Edition M(arco) Aci(lio) Candido IIvir(o) Cor(inthi) Gen(io) Col(oniae)
Translation with Marcus Acilius Candidus duovir, of Corinth, to the Genius of the colony
Reverse design the Genius of the Colony, standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.91 g
Reference Amandry XX 2, 6–9, 14, 16–19, 24, pp. 203–4
Specimens 23 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., or: Q (FVL)(VIO) FLACCO IIVIR COR

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.845 Fox
2 2     B Fox
3 3 –20     see Amandry, 203–4
21 21     ✸ Lanz 105, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 434
22 22     L: 1929,0805.847
23 23     Aphrodite Art Coins 24, 23 June 2024, lot 618