RPC I, 2566

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2566
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Cilbiani Superiores
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Caesar)
Magistrate Aulus Antonius Pulcher
Dating AD 54/9
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΚΙΛ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΩ Ε ΑΥ Α ΠΟΥ
Edition Κιλ(βιανῶν) τῶν ἄνω ἐ(πὶ) Αὐ(λοῦ) Ἀ(ντωνίου) Πού(λχρου)
Translation of the Upper Cilbiani, under Aulus Antonius Pulcher
Reverse design eagle standing, facing (head, right); all in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.36 g
Axis 12
Reference GRMK 40 corr.
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Note Imhoof-Blumer's tentative attribution to Cisthene was doubted by Kubitschek (NZ, 1909, pp. 266–7) and H. von Fritze (Die Antike Münzen Mysiens, p. 233, no. 622). The ethnic is clear on the new specimen 2566/2, and the shape of the omega leaves no doubt that the new attribution is correct.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Winterthur: 2549 GRMK 40: 'Cisthene?'
2 2     Winterthur: 6948 Schulten (19.10.1989) lot 441
3 3     Yale ex PRF, ex Münzen Auktion Essen Lagerliste 4, 1996, lot 135
4 4     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 482
5 5     Naumann 52, 2 April 2017, lot 967
6 6     Naumann 52, 2 April 2017, lot 966
7 7     Ares 4, 23 Nov. 2019, lot 1207