RPC I, 2141

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2141
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Nero
Issue Year 113
Dating 67/68
Obverse inscription ]O AVG
Obverse design radiate head, right
Reverse inscription AN CXIII
Reverse design the two Dioscuri standing, facing, between two horses and holding staffs (?); above, stars
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 100
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note If the use of a radiate head denotes that the portrait is of Divus Augustus, then the legend should presumably be restored DIVO AVG (cf. the legend and commentary on 2016). In Rec the legend is restored NERO AVG and the head identified as Nero. The portrait does not, however, seem to be that of Nero.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 56 = Rec, pl. XXVII.12
2 2     O
3 3     Zeus Numismatics Budget 7, 10 May 2020, lot 290