RPC I, 1271


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	1271
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, left
Reverse inscription	ADVENTVS AVGVSTI, C (above) P (below)
Edition	adventus Augusti c(olonia) P(atrensis)
Translation	the arrival of Augustus, the colony of Patras
Reverse design	galley, left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	8.62 g
Axis	8
Reference	Syd 3
Specimens	5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–3, 5: same obv. die.