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| Image of specimen #8 | |
| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2049 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| 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 | Obverse | Reverse | Museum | Bibliography |
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NY: 1944.100.42162 | |
| 2 |
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P: s. n. | |
| 3 |
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B: Löbb. | rev. = Rec, pl. LXVI.19 |
| 4 |
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Milan | Laffranchi 1292 = Rec, pl. LXVII.1 |
| 5 |
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Waddell 9.12.1982, lot 98 | |
| 6 |
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MMAG 453 (1983) lot 38 | |
| 7 |
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Bergamo | N. Vismara and R. Martini, Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 5, 1997, p. 242, no. 16 |
| 8 ✸ |
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CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 300 | |
| 9 |
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CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 24, 17 July 2016, lot 246 | |
| 10 |
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CGT coll. |
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