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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2408 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | I |
| Number | 2408 |
| Province | Asia |
| Subprovince | Conventus of Pergamum |
| Region | Aeolis |
| City | Elaea |
| Reign | Nero |
| Person (obv.) | Nero (Augustus) |
| Magistrate | Epagathos |
| Dating | c. AD 63/8 |
| Obverse inscription | ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ |
| Edition | Νέρωνα Σεβαστόν |
| Translation | for Nero Augustus |
| Obverse design | laureate head of Nero, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ΕΠΑΓΑΘΟΥ ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ |
| Edition | ἐπὶ Ἐπαγάθου Ἐλαϊτῶν |
| Translation | under Epagathos, of the Elaeans |
| Reverse design | poppy between two ears of corn |
| Metal | brass |
| Average diameter | 19 mm |
| Average weight | 4.01 g |
| Axis | 12 |
| Reference | ZfN 1897, 281, no. 5 |
| Specimens | 3 (1 in the core collections) |
| Die-links | 1: same obv. die as 2407/1–4. |
| Note | Originally published as a coin of Agathopolis by Wroth, NC, 1896, 88, no. 3; corrected by Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN, 1897, 281. For the reading of the magistrate's name as Epagatho[ rather than Agatho[, see 2409 and introduction.ΕΠΑΓΑΘΟΥ now seems clear on the Savoca coin, giving the name Epagathos. |