RPC I, 1192

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1192
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 CLAVD (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 AC CAN(D)(I)(D)(O) IIVIR (or IIVIR) COR
Edition M(arco) Ac(ilio) Candido IIvir(o) Cor(inthi)
Translation with Marcus Acilius Candidus duovir, of Corinth
Reverse design Neptune in biga drawn by hippocamps, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.67 g
Axis 1, 5, 12
Reference BMC 555, Amandry XX 27, 30–1, 34–7, 40–1, 43–6, 50–2, 55–6, pp. 204–6
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., or: Q FVL FLACC(O) IIVIR (or IIVIR) COR

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 555
2 2     ✸ J. Clark coll. (ex Lanz 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 437; Lindgren II, 1609)
3 3     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 21, 20 March 2016, lot 232
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 105, 19 Jan. 2023, lot 572 (ex Inasta Spa, EA 99, 4 May 2022, lot 576)
5 5     Nomos Obolos Webauction 28, 2 July 2023, lot 450
6 6     CNG EA 548, 18 Oct. 2023, lot 276 (ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXV.11, Nov. 1967, no. 7062; Lanz 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 436; CNG EA 157, 31 Jan. 2007, lot 63)
7 7     Numismatik Naumann 139, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 376