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
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΤΑΡΚΥΙΤΙΟΥ ΠΡΕΙΣΚΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟ, ΝΕΙΚ, ΠΑΤΡΩΝΟΣ (inscribed on altar)
Reverse design altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 43
Specimens 7 (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
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