RPC I, 2051

 

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2051
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], ΝΕΙΚΑ[ΙΕΩΝ]
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, with cantharus and thyrsus
Metal brass
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Although the name of the proconsul cannot be read, owing to the poor state of the coin, it seems reasonably likely that it is a coin of Attius Laco, since it has the same rev. type as the smaller denomination (2052) and since the obv. is so close to 2050 (though of a different die). The rev. inscription has been scraped off as on 2057/2 (cf. 2056). –– Corr.: C. Howgego (JRS 1993, p. 202) suggests that the erasure of the legend makes it more likely that this is a coin of Tarquitius Priscus, for whom erased coins are known.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1928,1212.3