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Image of specimen #19 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2516 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 2516 |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Smyrna |
Region | Ionia |
City | Teos |
Reign | Nero |
Person (obv.) | Nero (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ |
Edition | Νέρων Καῖσαρ |
Translation | Nero Caesar |
Obverse design | laureate head of Nero, right; before, star |
Reverse inscription | ΤΗΙΩΝ |
Edition | Τηΐων |
Translation | of the Teians |
Reverse design | Dionysus standing, left, with cantharus and filleted thyrsus; to left, griffin |
Metal | leaded bronze |
Average diameter | 19 mm |
Average weight | 5.74 g |
Axis | 1, 12 |
Reference | BMC 71, Cop 1518 |
Specimens | 23 (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. |