RPC I, 2049

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2049
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Dating c. 54
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤ
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστ(ός)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΚΤΙΣΤΟΥ ΝΕΙΚΑΙΑΣ, ΚΑ (inscribed on altar)
Edition Διονύσου κτίστου Νεικαίας ΚΑ
Translation of Dionysos, founder of Nicaea, ΚΑ
Reverse design garlanded altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.26 g
Axis 2, 6
Reference Rec 44 and 44bis
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5: same pair of dies.
Note The coin is undated, but stylistically very like the coins of Atticus Laco. The youthful portrait supports a date very early in the reign.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.42162
2 2     P: s. n.
3 3     B: Löbb. rev. = Rec, pl. LXVI.19
4 4     Milan Laffranchi 1292 = Rec, pl. LXVII.1
5 5     Waddell 9.12.1982, lot 98
6 6     MMAG 453 (1983) lot 38
7 7     Bergamo N. Vismara and R. Martini, Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 5, 1997, p. 242, no. 16
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 300
9 9     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 24, 17 July 2016, lot 246
10 10     CGT coll.