RPC I, 2225

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2225
Province Asia
Region Uncertain
City Cistophoric mint
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Nero (Caesar)
Issue Group II (Ephesus)
Dating AD 51
Obverse inscription NERONI·CLAVD·CAES·DRVSO·GERM
Edition Neroni Claud(io) Caes(ari) Druso Germ(anico)
Translation to Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
Obverse design draped bust of Nero, left
Reverse inscription COS DES PRINC IVVENT (inscribed on shield)
Edition Co(n)s(ul) des(ignatus) princ(eps) iuvent(utis)
Translation consul designate, prince of youth
Reverse design wreath enclosing shield
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.08 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 236, RIC 121
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).cl.121
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same obv. die. 9–10: same obv. die.
Note Fineness: 92% (Walker, Metrology I, 421–5).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 236
2 2     B: 18213948
3 3     MMAG 43 (1970) lot 306
4 4     MMAG XVII (1957) lot 387 = Hirsch XIII (1954) lot 640
5 5     Kastner 12 (1976) lot 223
6 6     Kricheldorf XI (1962) lot 287
7 7     P: 36
8 8     MMAG 66 (1984) lot 550 = Magnaguti II (1949) lot 517 = Mazzini 82
9 9     Leu 30 (1982) = vA 6576
10 10     Leu 22 (1979) lot 213
11 11     ✸ NAC 97, 12 Dec. 2016, lot 83 (ex Künker 270, 2015, lot 8606)
12 12     D. Kimel coll.
13 13     Boston: 58.3