RPC I, 2050

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2050
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Attius Laco (proconsul)
Dating c. 54–5
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΤΤΙΟΥ ΛΑΚΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design cista bearing capricorn on globe, cornucopia with wreath and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Reference Rec 37
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 797 Wa 392 = Rec, pl. LXVI.14
2 2     P: 799
3 3     Mu: 9a
4 4     Prowe = Reinach's annotated copy of Rec.
5 5     Gitbud and Naumann VCoins 11105