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RPC
I, 2083A
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2083A
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Volume
I
Number
2083A
Province
Bithynia-Pontus
Region
Bithynia
City
Nicomedia
Reign
Nero
Person (obv.)
Nero (Augustus)
Dating
undated but after 63
Obverse inscription
[ ] ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition
[---] Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation
[---] Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design
laureate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription
ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕ
Edition
Νεικομηδέ(ων)
Translation
of the Nicomedians
Reverse design
Nero on horseback, right, followed by a soldier on horseback
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
36 mm
Average weight
26.85 g
Specimens
1 (0 in the core collections)
Note
This is a sestertius size coin from Nicomedia belonging to the group from Bithynia copying bronze coins from the mint of Rome (see
RPC
2060-1, 2084 and 2103-4).
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Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1930
35.5
26.85
Obv.: GIC 525 ((standard or poppy?)ΓΑΑΥ) ; or possibly
GIC
526
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