RPC I, 1758A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1758A
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Group with Latin legends and Roman types
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVDIVS CAES(AR) AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P
Edition Nero Claudius Caesar Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) Imp(erator) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanics chief priest, with tribunician power, Emperor, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription DECVRSIO SC
Edition decursio s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation military parade, by decree of the senate
Reverse design Nero on horseback right, holding spear; to right, soldier standing right, head left, holding vexillum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.48 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note These coins belong to the group of coins with Latin legends but attributed to ‘Perinthus’ in RPC I, 1758ff., on the basis of countermarks. However specimen 1 has a countermark that suggests Nicomedia. The reverse is reminiscent of similar coins with Greek inscriptions (RPC I, 2103-4).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O Rauch 71, 28 Apr. 2003, lot 551
2 2     F. Vink coll. (ex CNG EA 128, 7 Dec. 2005, lot 299)
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 458, 18 Dec. 2019, lot 337
4 4     CNG EA 471, 1 July 2020, lot 246 (ex CNG 42, 29 May 1997, lot 840; CNG EA 93, 7 July 2004, lot 80; CNG 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 858)
5 5     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 216
6 6     Mark Thomas coll. (ex Bucephalus Black Auction 12, 19 Nov. 2022, lot 1152)