RPC I, 1758A

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription DECVRSIO SC
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
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).
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

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)