RPC I, 2137

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2137
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Claudia Octavia
Issue Year 103
Dating 57/8
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVD CAES AVG AN(NI) CIII
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription OCTAVIAE AVG C I F
Reverse design bust of Claudia Octavia, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 3, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 96 = 96a = ?97a
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rec 97a (pl. XXVII.9) seems to be from the same obv. die as G 16, in which case it is of year 103, not 104.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 1145
2 2     NY: 1944.100.41874
3 3     B: 100/1909
4 4     vA 235
5 5     Wendt XXI (1975) lot 443b
6 6     ✸ Bern: N/82.610 SNG Righetti 610 (ex Sternberg XI (1981) lot 244)
7 7     D. Kimel coll. (ex Numismatics Salon Mateusz Wójcicki Auction 8, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 3051)
8 8     CNG EA 560, 17 Apr. 2024, lot 394