RPC I, 2404

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2404
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Aeolis
City Elaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Nero (Caesar)
Magistrate Zenodotos
Dating AD 50/4
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΖΗΝΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΕΛ(Α)
Edition ἐπὶ Ζηνοδότου Ἐλα(ϊτῶν)
Translation under Zenodotos, of the Elaeans
Reverse design basket with poppy between two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.98 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference GRMK 56, 2
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–5: same pair of dies. 4–5: same obv. die as 2403/2–7. 6: same obv. die as 2404A/5.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 32
2 2     I-B = GRMK 56, 2
3 3     van der Dussen 24, 1995, lot 3011
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 472 (ex Rauch Summer 2011, 19 Sept. 2011, lot 542)
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 517, 1 June 2022, lot 391