RPC I, 1441

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1441
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Laouchos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ Θεσσαλῶν
Translation Nero Caesar of the Thessalians
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΥ ΛΑΟΥΧΟΥ
Edition στρατηγοῦ Λαούχου
Translation of the strategos Laouchos
Reverse design nymph standing, facing, in front of horse trotting, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.07 g
Axis 12
Reference Rogers 83 = Moustaka 129, Burrer Em 2, p. 155, 57 (series 1, 2)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note R. Rönnlund's comment: " Ennodia. She is very much associated with horses, and is depicted in this way on votive reliefs such as the one from Krannon in the BM"
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     ✸ BCD = CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 937