RPC I, 2457

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2457
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippina II
Dating AD 54/9
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ
Edition Νέρωνα Καίσαρα
Translation for Nero Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero and draped bust of Agrippina II, jugate, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Μαγνήτων Ἀγριππῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation of the Magnesians, Agrippina Augusta
Reverse design Agrippina as Demeter standing with ears of corn and sceptre, being crowned (?) by togate figure of Nero, who stands behind holding a short sceptre
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 6.40 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 53
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.49301
2 2     NY: 1970.142.525
3 3     L BMC 53
4 4     L BMC 54
5 5     L BMC 55
6 6     B: I-B LS 89, no. 4
7 7     P: (Magnesia, Ionia) 1483
8 8     Naumann 66, 3 June 2018, lot 288
9 9     Solidus Monthly 27, 17 Mar. 2018, lot 375
10 10     ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 111, 4 May 2019, lot 110
11 11     Ödemiş: 4298 SNG 387
12 12     CGT coll. = Savoca 85th Blue, 19 Sep. 2020, lot 1093