RPC I, 1261

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1261
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP
Edition Nero Caesar Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) Imp(erator)
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus Germanicus Emperor
Obverse design radiate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription GEN COL NER PAT
Edition Gen(io) Col(oniae) Ner(onensis) Pat(rensis)
Translation to the Genius of the Neronian colony Patras
Reverse design Genius with patera over altar and cornucopia, lituus in field
Metal copper
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.83 g
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1867,0101.2168
2 2     Cop SNG 171
3 3     G. Missere, F. Missere, La collezione Missere di monete romane provinciale, Modena, 1999, no. 168