RPC I, 1759A

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1759A
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Group with Latin legends and Roman types
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR 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 radiate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, S C
Edition Securitas Augusti S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Security of the Augustus, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Securitas seated, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.83 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note In fact, 1759A and 1759 might refer to the same coin. The coin published by MacDowall (NC 1960, 107/2), whose weight is 16.56, must have been a dupondius, but is described as ‘laureate head’. Unfortunately, the coin kept in Sofia is not illustrated.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G 2135
2 2     P: 2005/240 H. Berk, BBS 143, 18 May 2005, lot 322
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 143, 12 July 2006, lot 206
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 2067 (ex Hirsch 267, 5 May 2010, lot 527)