RPC I, 1655

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1655
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Philippi
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Dating AD 57
Obverse inscription NERO CAES AVG P M TR P COS II
Edition Nero Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) Co(n)s(ul) II
Translation Nero Caesar, Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power, consul for the second time
Obverse design bare head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription COL AVG IVL PHILIP, DIVVS AVG (on base)
Edition col(onia) Aug(usta) Iul(ia) Philip(pensis) Divus Aug(ustus)
Translation The Julio-Augustan colony of Philippi, the divine Augustus
Reverse design two statues on bases: statue of Augustus in military dress crowned by statue of Divus Julius
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.78 g
Axis 10, 12
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18234173 Kat 53
2 2     Mu: 20a
3 3     V: GR 9854
4 4     P: 1988/119 ex MünzZentrum 64 lot 106
5 5     A: 1328
6 6     A: 1910-1911 LZ' 21
7 7     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
8 8     ✸ Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG 153, 14 March 2009, lot 8636