RPC I, 1602

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1602
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Issue V: ΣΕΒΑΣΣΤΟΣ, bare head, l.
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΣΕΒΑΣΣΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Σεβαστὸς Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Augustus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription ΡΩΜΗ ΣΕΒΑΣΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Ῥώμη Σεβασ{σ}τὴ Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation Roma Augusta, of the Thessalonians
Reverse design Roma standing, facing, holding spear and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.10 g
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou, Nero 34–40
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
Note Countermark: ΘƐϹ (GIG 537= 5 ex.).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 406
2 2     G: 50
3 3 –11     see Touratsoglou
12 12     ✸ Lanz 132, 27 Nov. 2006, lot 349
13 13     CGT coll. = London Ancient Coins 30, 5 Nov. 2013, lot 118
14 14     CNG 440, 20 March 2019, lot 301