RPC I, 1274

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1274
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IM P P
Edition Nero Caesar Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) Im(perator) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus Germanicus Emperor, father of the fatherland
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 7.99 g
Axis 10
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ LHS 96, BCD coll., 8-9 May 2006, lot 547 (ex Glendining & Co., 24 Apr. 1974, lot 202)