RPC I, 1239

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1239
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Sicyonia
City Sicyon
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Polyaenus (duovir)
Obverse inscription Ν(Ε) Κ(ΑΙ) ΖΕΥϹ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟϹ
Edition Νέ(ρων) Καῖ(σαρ) Ζεὺς Ἐλευθέριος
Translation Nero Caesar, Zeus the Liberator
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΥΑΙΝΟΥ Δ Α, ϹΙ
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Ἰου(λίου) Πολυαίνου δύο ἄνδρες Σικ(υωνίων)
Translation under Gaius Iulius Polyaenus, duovir, of the Sicyonians
Reverse design man on horse, right
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.72 g
Axis 3, 10, 12
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1238/1–6. 2–4: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 19465
2 2     L: 1912,1202.1
3 3     V: GR 19466
4 4     L: 1872,0709.281
5 5     NY: 2006.31.22 ex LHS 96, BCD coll., 8 May 2006, lot 354.1
6 6     ✸ CGT coll. = VAuction 268, 18 Aug. 2011, lot 79
7 7     Nomos Obolos Webauction 36, 23 Feb. 2025, lot 588