RPC I, 1754

 

Image of specimen #24

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1754
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Third group (Σ), Nero with Claudia Octavia and then Poppaea
Dating between 59 and 63
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ (ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων
Translation of the Perinthians
Reverse design in two lines in oak wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.74 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Sch 231–40
Specimens 24 (2 in the core collections)
Note Six obv. dies, one of which is shared with 1753 (Apollo)

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