RPC I, 1761A

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1761A
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
Edition Nero Claudius Caesar Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) p(ontifex) m(aximus)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, chief priest
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription PROVIDENT, S C
Edition Provident(ia) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation Providence, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.87 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll., see The Anvil, News Letter of The Ancient, Classical and Medieval Numismatic Society) 1.2 (May 1991), 3–4, illus.
2 2     ✸ eBay Lanz Feb. 2020
3 3     CNG EA 534, 15 Mar. 2023, lot 285