RPC I, 3009

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3009
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Mnaseas (priest)
Dating c. AD 65
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΜΝΑϹΕΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Τι(βερίου) Μνασέου Σαρδιανῶν
Translation under Tiberius Mnaseas of the Sardians
Reverse design bust with wreath and lion skin of Heracles, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.47 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 123–4
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.49443
2 2     L BMC 124
3 3     Cop SNG 524
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     L BMC 123
6 6     L: 1979,0101.2033 ex vA 3145
7 7     B: Fox
8 8     V: GR 30155
9 9     ✸ Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 367
10 10     CGT coll. = Savoca EA 7, 28 Feb. 2016, lot 383
11 11     T. Mullally coll. (ex Agora Auctions Sale 39, 25 Aug. 2015, lot 86)
12 12     H.I. coll.