RPC I, 2055

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2055
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Iunius Chilo (procurator)
Dating AD 54/5
Obverse inscription [ΝΕΡ]ΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ(Σ)
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ ΧΙΛΩΝΟΣ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΟΥ, ΝΕΙΚ, ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙΤΑΙΟΥ (inscribed on altar)
Reverse design altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference E. T. Seltman, NC 1928, 101
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2053/2–3. 2: same obv. die as 2053/4. 1–3: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42161
2 2     Mu: 70145
3 3     Malloy XXVII (1989), lot 81