RPC I, 2553

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2553
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, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑ ΓΑ ΙΟΥ ΗΓΗΣΙΠΠΟΣ
Reverse design hero standing, left, with double axe
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 19, Cop 189, Altınoluk 36B (RPC III, 2552–5)
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note The reading ΓΑ seems clear, though one might have expected ΓΡ. It suggests that the name of the magistrate is Gaios Ioulios Hegesippos
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B LS 79, no. 6
2 2     V: GR 30764
3 3     ✸ Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2024 ex Hirsch 256, 5 May 2008, lot 475
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll. ex Roma Numismatics E-sale 32, 17 Jan. 2017, lot 555