RPC I, 1836

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1836
Province Moesia
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Hestiaios
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος
Translation Nero Claudius
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΜΙΤΩΝ ΕϹΤΙΑΙΟΥ (?)
Edition Τομιτῶν Ἑστιαίου
Translation of the Tomitans, of Hestiaios
Reverse design temple with four columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.02 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2587 corr., Mouchmov 1788
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5: same obv. die.
Note It is not clear if Mouchmov 1788 ('Tiberius') represents a further specimen.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Zagreb Ruzicka, NZ 1917, 159 zu 2588: ΤΟΜΙΤΩΝ ΕΦΙϹΤΙΑΙΟΥ = Münsterberg Beamtennamen Nachtrag: ΕϹΤΙΑΙΟΥ?
3 3     Soutzo = AMNG 2587
4 4     ✸ Righetti = CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 343
5 5     Righetti
6 6     Savoca 106th Blue, 26 June, 2021, lot 476 ex CNG EA 157, 31 Jan. 2007, lot 61
7 7     Elsen 92, 9 June 2007, lot 477 = L. Bricault and F. Delrieux, Gangra-Germanicopolis “Foyer des dieux”. Étude de numismatique et d’histoire, Numismatica Anatolica 6 (Bordeaux, 2014), p. 48, Fig. 3
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Eid Mar Auctions 3, 11 May 2024, lot 239 (ex Roma Numismatics Ltd. E-Sale 73, W. Stancomb coll., 23 July 2020, lot 64)