RPC I, 2516

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2516
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Teos
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right; before, star
Reverse inscription ΤΗΙΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, with cantharus and filleted thyrsus; to left, griffin
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 71, Cop 1518
Specimens 22 (17 in the core collections)
Note The star is not always clear, and it is possible that some dies do not have it: they might then correspond to the variety of Octavia with no star (2518). On two coins (16 and 17, different dies) there appears to be a sceptre behind the emperor's head, but this is not certain.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     B: B-I
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 7988
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     O
7 7     V: GR 17910
8 8     V: GR 32715
9 9     L BMC 71
10 10     L BMC 72
11 11     L BMC 73
12 12     P: 2971
13 13     Cop SNG 1518
14 14     Cop SNG 1519
15 15     Mu: 46
16 16     NY: 1944.100.47161
17 17     B: Fox
18 18     Winterthur: 7079
19 19     ✸ CNG EA 332, 6 Aug. 2014, lot 189
20 20     Kölner Münzkabinett 107, 7 Oct. 2017, lot 65
21 21     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 292
22 22     Freiburg: 282