RPC I, 1600

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1600
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Issue IV: some radiate heads
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design radiate (sometimes laureate?) head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design within wreath
Metal copper
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.44 g
Axis 3, 6, 12
Reference Touratsoglou, Nero 54–9, ?61
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
Note The radiate crownmay be hard to distinguish, and some of these coins may be laureate.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1341
2 2     JSW
3 3     L: 1985,0520.4
4 4     P: 1340
5 5 –8     see Touratsoglou
9 9     ✸ Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 2105
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.