RPC I, 2057A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2057A
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus) ; Agrippina II
Magistrate Marcus Tarquitius Priscus (proconsul)
Dating c. 56/9
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΑΓΡΙΠ[ΠΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ]
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Ἀγριππῖνα Σεβαστή Νέρων Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Ἀγριππῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus, Agrippina Augusta
Obverse design laureate head of Nero and draped bust of Agrippina II, jugate, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΤΑΡΚΥΙΤΙΟ[Υ ΠΡΕΙΣΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡ]ΩΝΟΣ ΑΝ, ΝΕΙΚ[ ] (inscribed on cista)
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Ταρκυιτίου Πρείσκου πάτρωνος ἀνθυπάτου Νεικ--- ἐ(πὶ) Μ(άρκου) Ταρκυιτίο[υ] [Πρείσκου] [πάτρ]ωνος ἀν(θυπάτου) Νεικ[---]
Translation under Marcus Tarquitius Priscus, patron (and) proconsul, of the Nicaeans [---]
Reverse design cista bearing capricorn with globe, cornucopia with wreath and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.08 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec —
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Malloy 40 (1995) lot 316 (corrected) = H.J. Berk 162nd BBS, 15 Jan. 2009, lot 233
2 2     Kovacs 2000
3 3     Dresden: AAC 3731
4 4     ✸ VCoins Athena 2020
5 5     Naumann 119, 7 Aug. 2022, lot 427
6 6     Savoca 93rd Silver, 17 Jan. 2021, lot 305