URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2092A
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Volume
I
Number
2092A
Province
Bithynia-Pontus
Region
Bithynia
City
Heraclea Pontica
Reign
Nero
Person (obv.)
Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate
Tiberius Attius Laco (proconsul)
Issue
First group
Dating
c. 54/5
Obverse inscription
ΝΕ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ
Edition
Νέ(ρωνι) Κλαυδίῳ Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Γερμανι(κῷ)
Translation
to Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design
laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription
ΕΠΙ ΛΑΚΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΕ[ΩΤΑΝ]
Edition
ἐπὶ Λάκωνος ἀνθυπάτου Ἡρακλεωτᾶν
Translation
under Laco, proconsul, of the Heracleotes
Reverse design
Artemis running right with torch
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
22 mm
Average weight
4.37 g
Axis
7, 12
Reference
Rec —
Specimens
3 (0 in the core collections)
Note
Despite the provenance of 1, the name of the proconsul makes the attribution to Bithynia certain. An attribution to Heraclea seems likely in view of the use of the dative and the ligature for NE on the obverse, both of which are characteristic of Heraclea.
Addition
Additional coin-type (post publication)