RPC I, 2084

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2084
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Dating undated but after 63
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡ[ ]
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερ[---]
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Ger[---]
Obverse design radiate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΗ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ
Edition Νείκη Σεβαστή
Translation Augustan Victory
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, with [wreath] and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.83 g
Axis 6
Reference C. Howgego, SM 140 (1985), 90, no. 2
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note The attribution is based on the application of the same countermark as on 2085–6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 18 (under Caesarea in Cappadocia) Sydenham, The Coinage of Caesarea, 41, no. 84 = SM 140 (1985), 89, fig. 2a
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 424, 11 July 2018, lot 284
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 103, 24 Nov. 2022, lot 733
5 5     CNG 441, 3 April 2019, lot 281
6 6     H. D. Rauch Summer Auction 2007, 11 Sep. 2007, lot 393