RPC I, 1275

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1275
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP NERO CAESAR
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription APOLLO AVGVST, C P
Reverse design Apollo standing, right, playing lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.39454
2 2     ✸ Künker 182, 14 Mar. 2011, lot 583
3 3     MünzZentrum 154, 13 Jan. 2010, lot 259
4 4     LHS 96, BCD coll., 8-9 May 2006, lot 548.5 = CNG EA 147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 24