RPC I, 1201a

 

Image of specimen #50

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1201a
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Optatus (duovir)
Dating AD 57–8 or 58–9
Obverse inscription NERO (or NERO) CLAV(D) (or CLAVD) CAES(AR) (or CAES) AVG (or AVG)
Edition Nero Claud(ius) Caesar Aug(ustus)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription TI CLAVD(IO) OPTATO IIVIR COR
Edition Ti(berio) Claudio Optato IIvir(o) Cor(inthi)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Optatus, duovir of Corinth
Reverse design Bellerophon naked, with shield on left arm, seizing by bridle Pegasus left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.11 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference BMC 562–3, Amandry XXI 1–9, XXI 11, pp. 209–13
Specimens 51 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –48     see Amandry, 209–12
49 49     Lanz 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 454
50 50     ✸ Roma Numismatics 96, 5 May 2022, lot 675 (ex E-Live Auction 97, 29 Nov. 2021, lot 274)
51 51     CGT coll.