RPC I, 2059

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2059
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Tarquitius Priscus (proconsul)
Dating c. 56/9
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΤΑΡΚΥΙΤΙΟΥ ΠΡΕΙΣΚΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟ, ΝΕΙΚ, ΠΑΤΡΩΝΟΣ (inscribed on altar)
Edition Μ(άρκου) Ταρκυιτίου Πρείσκου ἀνθυπάτο(υ) Νεικ(αιέων) πάτρωνος
Translation of Marcus Tarquitius Priscus, proconsul (and) patron, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.14 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 43
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 802 Rec, pl. LXVI.18
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     V: GR 15557
4 4     CNG EA 332, 6 Aug. 2014, lot 179 = CNG EA 153, 29 Nov. 2006, lot 158
5 5     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 108, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 424 = Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1012
6 6     Savoca Coins Blue 181st Weekly Blue, 28 Oct. 2023, lot 333 (ex Naumann 119, 7 Aug. 2022, lot 428)
7 7     Savoca Coins Blue 208th Weekly Blue, 27 Apr. 2024, lot 265 = Aphrodite Auction G1, 28 July 2024, lot 346
8 8     Hera Numismatics 4, 10 Jan. 2025, lot 242 (ex Kybele Numismatics 5, 27 July 2024, lot 232)