RPC I, 1201c

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1201c
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 CLAVD CAES AVG
Edition Nero Claud(ius) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, left
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 6.94 g
Axis 3, 7
Reference BMC 563, Amandry p. 212 XXI 10
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 563
2 2     Corinth: AgSW-D, 21/VI/61 131-164