RPC I, 2550

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2550
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Hegesippos (grammateus)
Dating c. AD 66/8
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛ ΗΓΗΣΙΠΠ ΥΠΑΙΠΗ, ΓΡ (to r.)
Edition Ἰουλ(ίου) Ἡγησίππ(ου) Ὑπαιπη(νῶν) γρ(αμματέως)
Translation of Iulius Hegesippos, of the Hypaepαns, grammateus
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, with cantharus and thyrsus
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.11 g
Axis 12
Reference Altınoluk 38 (RPC III, 2550–1)
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2548/1, 2549/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1982 ex vA 2961
2 2     Sardis excavations 149
3 3     ✸ Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 646
4 4     CGT coll.