RPC I, 2482

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2482
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus) ; Poppaea
Magistrate Hermogenes ; Scribonius Clarus (strategos)
Dating c. AD 62/5
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΝ ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝ
Edition Νέρωνα Σεβαστὸν Ποππαΐαν Σεβαστήν
Translation Nero Augustus, Poppaea Augusta
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right, facing draped bust of Poppaea, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΟΥϹ ϹΤΡΑ ϹΚΡΙΒΩΝΙΟϹ ΚΛΑΡΟϹ, ΖΜΥΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἑρμογένους στρα(τηγοῦ) Σκριβώνιος Κλάρος Ζμυρ(ναίων)
Translation under Hermogenes (and) the strategos Scribonius Clarus, of the Smyrneans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding transverse sceptre
Metal bronze
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.44 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Klose XXXIV A
Specimens 22 (1 in the core collections)
Note 9 obv. and 14 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 291
2 2 –18     see Klose
19 19     JSW
20 20     Gorny & Mosch 141, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 210
21 21     ✸ The New York sale 54, 12 Jan. 2022, lot 231 (ex MM 81, 1st Sept. 1995, lot 504)
22 22     Boston: 63.2984