RPC I, 1422B


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Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	1422B
Province	Achaea
Region	Thessaly
City	Magnesia
Reign	Nero
Person (obv.)	Nero (Augustus)
Issue	Early in the reign (?)
Obverse inscription	ΝΕΡωΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition	Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation	Nero Caesar
Obverse design	head (bare?) of Nero, right
Reverse inscription	ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΜΑΓΝΗΤωΝ
Edition	Σεβαστὸς Μαγνήτων
Translation	Augustus, of the Magnetes
Reverse design	radiate head, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	11.12 g
Axis	6, 7
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Very different portraits from https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48057
Addition	Additional coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				CNG 117, 19 May 2021, lot 409. CNG says it is ex BCD and Mabbot 738, but that is the provenance given previously for https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48057	23.2	10.47	7		Show
2	2				Heritage Auctions Europe 16 Nov. 2022, lot 3190		11.76	6		Show