RPC I, 2685

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2685
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Agrippina II ; Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΕΙΝ[
Edition Καῖσαρ καὶ θεὰ Ἀγριππεῖν--- Καῖσαρ καὶ θεὰ Ἀγριππεῖν[---]
Translation Caesar and divine Agrippina [---]
Obverse design draped bust of Agrippina II facing bare-headed, draped bust of Nero, left
Reverse inscription ΣΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design statue of Hera Samia, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.97 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note The coin in Mu (18a, 11.79) may be another specimen, although the portrait of Agrippina seems rather different.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 37628
2 2     P: 3379 Wa 2076
3 3     ✸ Naville Numismatics 22, 1 May 2016, lot 248