RPC I, 1242

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1242
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, left
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 leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.33 g
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1240/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 665
2 2     ✸ L: 1895,0703.9
3 3     Mu: 34c JAI 1888 Taf. 9.7