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
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)
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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