RPC I, 2629

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2629
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus) ; Poppaea
Magistrate Manius Acilius Aviola (proconsul) ; Aichmokles
Dating AD 65/6
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ, ΕΦ
Edition Νέρων Ποππαία Ἐφ(εσίων)
Translation Nero (and) Poppaea, of the Ephesians
Obverse design draped bust of Poppaea, right, facing laureate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription ΑΟΥΙΟΛΑ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ ΑΙΧΜΟΚΛΗΣ ΡΩΜΗ
Edition Ἀουιόλᾳ ἀνθυπάτῳ Αἰχμοκλῆς Ῥώμη
Translation under the proconsul Aviola, Aichmokles, Roma
Reverse design turreted bust of Roma, right; below, bee
Metal bronze
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.12 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 213, Cop 377, Karwiese 83
Specimens 22 (16 in the core collections)
Note Variant of obverse type with Nero’s laureate head on r. facing draped bust of Poppaea, l.; 1. B. Callegher, ‘Una moneta di Nerone e Poppea della zecca di Efeso’, Annotazioni Numismatiche 19, settembre 1995, pp. 416-7; 2. Giessener Münzhandlung 104, 9-10 Oct. 2000, lot 678, 9.20 (as 2629, but draped bust of Nero, r. facing draped bust of Poppaea, l.).
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