RPC I, 1373

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1373
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Reign of Nero, probable attribution to Nicopolis (see introduction)
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙ ΚΤΙϹΤΗ
Edition Νέρωνι Ἀπόλλωνι κτίστῃ
Translation to Nero Apollo the founder
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝΟϹ (ΝΙΚΗ)
Edition Νέρωνος Νίκη
Translation Victory of Nero
Reverse design Nike standing, left, with wreath and palm
Metal copper
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.23 g
Axis 8
Reference Levy NC 1989, 62, nos 7–12, Calomino 11
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 7: same pair of dies. 1–4, 7: same obv. die as RPC VI 7168/4 (Caesarea). 5–6: same obv. die as 1374/1, 1375/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.17882 R. Ball Auction VI, 9 Feb. 1932, lot 670
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ P: 92
4 4     Milan
5 5     Milan
6 6     B: Fox
7 7     N: S11400 Apollonishieron RIN 1897, tav. V.2