RPC I, 1241

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1241
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, ΔΑ, ϹΙ(ΚΥ)
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Ἰου(λίου) Πολυαίνου δύο ἄνδρες Σικυ(ωνίων)
Translation under Gaius Iulius Polyaenus, duovir, of the Sicyonians
Reverse design naked figure, wearing cloak, and holding out arms, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.95 g
Axis 1, 10
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same obv. die.
Note For the rev. type, on earlier Sicyonian coins, see J. A. W. Warren, NC, 1984, p. 2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.38714
2 2     V: GR 28489
3 3     ✸ P: 664
4 4     NY: 1948.4.85
5 5     Lewis SNG 1270