RPC I, 1603

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1603
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 ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design below eagle in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.15 g
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou, Nero 21–6
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2 –6     see Touratsoglou
7 7     JPR 6316
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 85
11 11     CGT coll. = Naville 15, 7 June 2015, lot 137
12 12     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3487
13 13     Automan coll. (from Forum Ancient Coins website)