RPC I, 3155

 

Image of specimen #36

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3155
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Sebaste
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Dionysios
Dating c. AD 55
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Obverse design draped bust of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, with eagle and sceptre
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 23, Cop 678
Specimens 39 (31 in the core collections)
Note The coins can, like 3156, be divided into two groups: one (e.g., BMC 23–5) has ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ and a wider bust and head, with Σ in the rev. legend; the other (e.g., BMC 26–8) has ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ with a narrower head, and Ϲ on the rev.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 25
2 2     L BMC 26
3 3     L BMC 23
4 4     L BMC 24
5 5     L BMC 27
6 6     L BMC 28
7 7     L: 1979,0101.2311 SNG vA 3951
8 8     P: 1918 Wa 6476
9 9     P: 1919 Wa 6477
10 10     P: 1920 Wa 6478
11 11     P: 1916
12 12     P: de Ricci
13 13     Cop SNG 678
14 14     Cop SNG 679
15 15     Cop SNG 680
16 16     B: I-B
17 17     B: I-B KM 287, no. 2
18 18     B: 18241199, 1906 Löbbecke KM 287, no. 3
19 19     B: 18241200, 1906 Löbbecke
20 20     B: Löbb.
21 21     B: Fox
22 22     B: 763/1920
23 23     C: Leake Suppl.
24 24     C: Leake Suppl.
25 25     C: Leake Suppl.
26 26     V: GR 27628
27 27     V: GR 30843
28 28     V: GR 30092
29 29     Mu: 1a
30 30     Mu: 3
31 31     Mu: 3a
32 32     Lindgren A1028A
33 33     Weber 7174
34 34     MünzZentrum 100, 2 Mar. 1999, lot 205
35 35     Naumann 69, 2 Sept. 2018, lot 266
36 36     ✸ CNG Triton XXIV, 19 Jan. 2021, lot 138 (ex Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 1942)
37 37     Münster: M 1276
38 38     priv Coll H.I. (ex ex Bucephalus Black 14, 9-10 Jan. 2023, lot 840)
39 39     priv Coll H.I. (ex Naumann 69, 2 Sept. 2018, lot 266)