RPC I, 1191a

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1191a
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Claudia Octavia
Magistrate Marcus Acilius Candidus (duovir)
Dating AD 54–5
Obverse inscription OCTAVIAE NERONIS AVG
Edition Octaviae Neronis Aug(usti)
Translation to Octavia, wife of Nero Augustus
Obverse design bust of Claudia Octavia, right
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 8.61 g
Axis 11
Reference BMC 558, Amandry XX 4, 12, p. 203
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Fox
2 2 –6     see Amandry, 203