RPC I, 2551

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2551
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 ΥΠΑ ΓΡ ΙΟΥ ΗΓΗΣΙΠΠΟΣ
Edition Ὑπαιπη(νῶν) γρ(αμματεὺς) Ἰού(λιος) Ἡγήσιππος
Translation of the Hypaepans, grammateus Julius Hegesippos
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, with cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.77 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Altınoluk 38 (RPC III, 2550–1)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2547/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 473
2 2     ✸ Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 697 = Elsen 85, 10 Sept. 2005, lot 489 = Naville 58, 14 June 2020, lot 236
3 3     Ödemiş: 1546 SNG 305