RPC I, 2053

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2053
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 ΣΕΒΑΣΤ(Ο)(Σ)
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΤΤΙΟΥ ΛΑΚΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΝΕΙΚ, ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙΤΑΙΟΥ (inscribed on altar)
Reverse design altar
Metal brass
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 38
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die as 2055/1. 4: same obv. die as 2055/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1971,0702.2
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42163
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     P: 798 Wa 393 = Rec, pl. LXVI.13
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     Lindgren A129A
8 8     Yale ex PRF
9 9     CNG EA 151, 1 Nov. 2006, lot 149
10 10     ✸ Leu Web Auction 4, 24 June 2018, lot 485
11 11     Numismatik Naumann 130, 2 July 2023, lot 368
12 12     Numismatik Naumann 130, 2 July 2023, lot 368