RPC I, 3111

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3111
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Ancyra
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus) ; Poppaea
Magistrate Tiberius Bassillos (ephor) ; Publius Volasenna (proconsul)
Dating c. AD 62/3
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Ποππαία Σεβαστή
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus, Poppaea Augusta
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right, facing draped bust of Poppaea, left
Reverse inscription ΟΥΟΛΑΣΕΝΝΑ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ, ΑΙΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ ΤΙ ΒΑΣΣΙΛΛΟΥ ΕΦ
Edition Οὐολασέννα ἀνθυπάτῳ Ἰουλιέων Ἀνκυράνων αἰτησαμένου Τι(βερίου) Βασσίλλου ἐφ(όρου)
Translation to Volasenna proconsul, of the Julian Ancyrans, requested by Tiberius Bassillos, ephor
Reverse design Zeus standing, left, with anchor and sceptre
Metal brass
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.36 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note See P. Weiss, ‘Zur Münzprägung mit den Formeln ΑΙΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ und ΕΙΣΑΝΓΕΙΛΑΝΤΟΣ’, in E. Schwertheim (ed.), Studien zum antiken Kleinasien II (Bonn, 1992), pp. 167–80, at 167–70, for the name and interpretation
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 329
2 2     L: 1922,0621.1
3 3     ✸ B: 18201913, Löbb