RPC I, 2978

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2978
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Kalos
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Nero, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Καλὸς Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation Marcus Antonius Kalos, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design Zeus standing, left, with eagle and sceptre
Metal bronze
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.53 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 123
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM 696
2 2     L BMC 123
3 3     O
4 4     B: 390/1880
5 5     Mu: 12b
6 6     ✸ CGT coll. (ex Saint Paul Antiques 7, 11 June 2017, lot 205)
7 7     CGT coll. = Savoca 103rd Blue, 24 May 2021, lot 516
8 8     N & N 3, 6 May 2022, lot 331
9 9     Savoca 98th Blue, 27 March 2021, lot 802