RPC I, 1244

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΥΑΙΝΟΥ, ΔΑ, ϹΙ(ΚΥ)
Reverse design naked figure, wearing cloak, facing left, rasing right arm and holding out left behind
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1243/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.38715
2 2     B: 860/1899