RPC I, 3003

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3003
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Mindios (strategos for the second time)
Dating c. AD 60
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΣΤΡΑ ΤΟ Β
Reverse design laureate head of Heracles, right, with lion skin tied round neck
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die.
Note Die-linked to 3002.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 659