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I, 1275
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1275
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Volume
I
Number
1275
Province
Achaea
Region
Peloponnesus
City
Patras
Reign
Nero
Person (obv.)
Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription
IMP NERO CAESAR
Edition
Imp(erator) Nero Caesar
Translation
Emperor Nero Caesar
Obverse design
laureate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription
APOLLO AVGVST, C P
Edition
Apollo August(us) c(olonia) P(atrensis)
Translation
Apollo Augustus, the colony of Patras
Reverse design
Apollo standing, right, playing lyre
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
23 mm
Average weight
8.80 g
Axis
1, 12
Reference
Syd 8
Specimens
4 (1 in the core collections)
Note
Another specimen in G (Roman collection) has obv. legend IMP NERO CAES AVG. As it has been tooled, it cannot definitely attest this variant obverse legend.
Correction
Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
NY: 1944.100.39454
23
9.51
1
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2
2
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Künker 182, 14 Mar. 2011, lot 583
23
8.52
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3
3
MünzZentrum 154, 13 Jan. 2010, lot 259
8.58
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4
4
LHS 96, BCD coll., 8-9 May 2006, lot 548.5 = CNG EA 147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 24
22.5
8.57
12
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