RPC I, 2139

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2139
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Claudia Octavia
Issue Year 104
Dating 58/9
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVDI CAES AVG ANN(I) CIIII
Edition Nero Claudi(us) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) anni CIIII
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus, of year 104
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription OCTAVIAE AVG C I F
Edition Octaviae Aug(usti) c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix)
Translation to Octavia, of Augustus, the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope)
Reverse design bust of Claudia Octavia, left
Metal copper
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.29 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 97
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 778 Rec, pl. XXVII.8
2 2     G SNG 1146
3 3     L: 1974,0504.1
4 4     Sinop: 7-33-71 Casey 326