RPC I, 2462

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2462
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Mostene
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Nero (Caesar)
Magistrate Pedanius
Dating AD 50/4
Obverse inscription ΝΕΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ
Edition Νέον Καίσαρα
Translation for the new Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΕΔΑΝΙΟΥ ΜΟϹΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Πεδανίου Μοστηνῶν
Translation under Pedanius, of the Mostenans
Reverse design goddess seated, left, holding two ears of corn and double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.01 g
Axis 12
Reference LS 101, no. 4a
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note For the goddess, the city goddess of Mostene, see LS 101. –– Corr.: A new specimen (SNG Leypold 1082) has the variant obverse reading NEPON [ ] (rather than the more common NEON), confirming the identificiation of the head as the young Nero, and suggesting that NEON may in fact be a die engraver’s mistake.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18203621, B-I
2 2     B: I-B LS, no. 4a
3 3     Yale: 2004.6.280
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold 1082
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ CGT coll. = Saint Paul 8, 9 July 2017, lot 251
7 7     Naumann 61, 7 Jan. 2018, lot 434
8 8     Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 397
9 9     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 558 = Künker eLive 66, 4 May 2021, lot 218 = 218Künker eLive 70, 22 Feb. 2022, lot 8208