RPC I, 3045

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3045
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Apollonoshieron
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΕΡ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἀπολλωνιερειτῶν
Translation of the Apolloniereans
Reverse design Apollo, standing facing, holding patera and resting hand on lyre
Metal brass
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.37 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 8, Cop 33
Specimens 22 (16 in the core collections)
Note Overstrike: one example was overstruck at Sardis (L = BMC 69), with the types of Roma/Temple during the proconsulship of Marcellus.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 9
2 2     L BMC 8
3 3     L: 1979,0101.1958 ex vA 2908
4 4     Cop SNG 33
5 5     P: 75
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8     B: B-I
9 9     B: I-B
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     B: Löbb.
12 12     C SNG 4845
13 13     C Leake Suppl.
14 14     V: GR 27653
15 15     V: GR 30129
16 16     L BMC Apollonia (Caria) 21
17 17     JSW
18 18     Mabbott 1793 (Dioshieron)
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     ✸ Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2021 (ex Hauck and Aufhäuser 21, 17 Mar. 2009, lot 286)
22 22     SPQR Collection 9, 16–17 June 2025, lot 464