RPC I, 2060

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2060
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Poppaea
Dating c. 62/6
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανι(κός)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design radiate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕ[ΒΑ]ΣΤΗ
Edition Ποππαία Σεβαστῆ Ποππαία Σε[βα]στῆ
Translation of Poppaea Augusta
Reverse design Poppaea as Securitas seated right or left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.91 g
Axis 6
Reference C. Howgego, SM 140 (1985), 90, no. 3
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note Fuller reading of obv. legend thanks to coin 3.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 868/1901
2 2     Cast in Winterthur = SM 140 (1985), 89, fig 3a
3 3     MünzZentrum 91, 1997, lot 178
4 4     ✸ CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 585
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 964
6 6     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 326 ex Naumann 80, 4 Aug. 2019, lot 326
7 7     Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 424