RPC I, 2136


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	2136
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Sinope
Reign	Nero
Person (obv.)	Augustus (Divus)
Person (rev.)	Nero (Augustus)
Issue	Year 103
Dating	57/8
Obverse inscription	DIVO AVG C I F ANN CIII
Edition	divo Aug(usto) c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) ann(o) CIII
Translation	to the divine Augustus, the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 103
Obverse design	radiate head (of Augustus?), right
Reverse inscription	NERO CLAVD CAES AVG GERMANI C I F
Edition	Nero Claud(ius) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Germani(cus) c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix)
Translation	Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope)
Reverse design	Nero in consular processus, right
Metal	leaded bronze
Average diameter	35 mm
Average weight	19.99 g
Axis	6
Reference	Rec 95a
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–2: same obv. die.
Note	The obv. presumably represents Divus Augustus, since Divus Claudius was never shown radiate. If the rev. is correctly interpreted as the processus consularis, then the consulship in question must be that of 57.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: 1979,0101.1249	vA 234	35	19.99	6	qualitative metal analysis on coin	Show
2	2				Formerly Grand Duc coll. = Rec Pl. Suppl. P, fig. 4	35				Show