RPC I, 1508

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1508
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Dium
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR
Edition Nero Claudius Caesar
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription COL IVL DIENSIS, D D (in field)
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Diensis d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation the Julian colony of Dium, by decree of the decurions
Reverse design Athena/Roma standing facing, head left, holding patera and resting on spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.31 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Kremydi Nero 1–14
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note Cmks PVB or PCP occur on 7 specimens out of 17.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 673
2 2     P: Delepierre
3 3     O
4 4     Trade = London 1987
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 232, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 135 = CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 268
6 6     CGT coll. = VAuctions 268, 18 Aug. 2011, lot 75
7 7     Naumann 3, 5 May 2013, lot 165
8 8     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 271
9 9     InAsta 98, 28 Feb. 2022, lot 524 = Roma Numismatics EA 99, 7 July 2022, lot 722