| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2480
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| Volume |
I |
| Number |
2480 |
| Province |
Asia
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| Subprovince |
Conventus of Smyrna
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| Region |
Ionia
|
| City |
Smyrna
|
| Reign |
Nero
|
| Person (obv.) |
Nero (Augustus)
|
| Magistrate |
Aulus Gessius philopatris
|
| Dating |
c. AD 54/9 |
| Obverse inscription |
ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ |
| Edition |
Νέρωνα Σεβαστόν
|
| Translation |
for Nero Augustus |
| Obverse design |
bare (or laureate) head of Nero, right |
| Reverse inscription |
ΑΥ ΓΕΣΣΙΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΣ ΖΜ(Υ)(Ρ) |
| Edition |
Αὖ(λος) Γέσσιος φιλόπατρις Ζμυρ(ναίων)
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| Translation |
Aulus Gessius, patriot, of the Smyrnaeans |
| Reverse design |
Zeus seated, left, with transverse sceptre |
| Metal |
bronze |
| Average diameter |
19 mm |
| Average weight |
4.55 g |
| Axis |
1, 6, 7, 12 |
| Reference |
Klose XXXII |
| Specimens |
58 (3 in the core collections) |
| Note |
7 obv. and 30 rev. dies. The forms Ϲ and Ɛ as well as Σ and Ε occur as regular variants.
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