RPC I, 3011

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3011
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Maeonia
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Menekrates
Dating c. AD 65
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ, ΕΠ ΤΙ ΚΛ (in field)
Edition Μαιόνων Μενεκράτους ἐπὶ Τι(βερίου) Κλ(αυδίου)
Translation of the Maeonians, under Tiberius Claudius Menecrates
Reverse design veiled goddess standing, right, holding sceptre
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.94 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 32, Cop 231
Specimens 22 (17 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 3013/6. 16: same obv. die as 3012/1, 3013/1–5.
Note The type is variously interpreted as Boule (Imhoof-Blumer, LS, p. 93), Hestia (BMC) or Demeter (Wa). The letter forms Ϲ and Ɛ also occur.

Specimens of this coin type