RPC I, 1244

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1244
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, facing left, rasing right arm and holding out left behind
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.05 g
Axis 3, 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1243/1–2.

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