RPC I, 1451

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1451
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Nero
Magistrate Laouchos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΗ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ
Obverse design wreathed bust of Eirene, right
Reverse inscription ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΥ ΛΑΟΥΧΟΥ
Reverse design Nike on globe, left, holding wreath and palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rogers 87 corr., Burrer Em 2, p. 165–6 (series 6, 1)
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
Note The head of Eirene is regarded as that of Agrippina the younger by Hahn, Frauen p. 348 no. 177.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0302.5
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     ✸ BCD = CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 945