RPC I, 2083

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2083
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Montanus (proconsul)
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 ΕΠΙ Λ ΜΟΝΤΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΝΕΙΚΟ
Edition ἐπὶ Λ(ουκίου) Μοντανοῦ ἀνθυπάτου Νεικο(μηδείας)
Translation under Lucius Montanus, proconsul of Nicomedia
Reverse design two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.28 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 25
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. Rec, pl. LXXXIX.11
2 2     P: 1270 Rec, pl. LXXXIX.12
3 3     Weiss = cast in Winterthur
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ VAuctions 274, 15 Dec. 2011, lot 64