RPC I, 1758B

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1758B
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 S C
Edition Decursio S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Cavalry exercise, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Nero on horseback right, holding spear; behind him, attendant on horseback, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 27.46 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 10, 1 Dec. 2013, lot 413
2 2     ✸ F. Vink coll.
3 3     CNG EA 438, 20 Feb. 2019, lot 345