RPC I, 2052

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2052
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus) ; Agrippina II
Magistrate Tiberius Attius Laco (proconsul)
Dating c. 54–5
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣ(ΤΗ)
Obverse design laureate head of Nero and draped bust of Agrippina II, jugate, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΤΤΙΟΥ ΛΑΚΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΝΕΙΚΑ
Reverse design Dionysus standing on an elephant's head, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal brass
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 36
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 16
2 2     P Rec, pl. LXVI.12
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     L
5 5     ✸ Peus 410–411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 671 = Leu 54, 1992, lot 228
6 6     cgb.fr MBS 55, 17 Oct. 2012, lot 122 = CGB Monetae 27, 2019, bpv_320198