RPC I, 2565

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2565
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Cilbiani Superiores
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Agrippina II ; Nero (Caesar)
Magistrate Aulus Antonius Pulcher
Dating AD 54/9
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design jugate heads of Nero and bust of Agrippina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΠΟΥΛΧΡΟΥ ΚΙΛΒΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΩ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὔ(λου) Ἀντων(ίου) Πούλχρου Κιλβι(ανῶν) τῶν ἄνω
Translation under Aulus Antonius Pulcher, of the Upper Cilbians
Reverse design Zeus standing, left, with eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.51 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference LS 55, no. 1
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note The vA Index has expanded the I-B coin in B and the reference to it in LS into two separate entries. Note the peculiar inverted form of the letter omega.

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