RPC I, 2551

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑ ΓΡ ΙΟΥ ΗΓΗΣΙΠΠΟΣ
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, with cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
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.

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