RPC I, 3367

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3367
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Attalea
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Uncertain emperor: Nero?
Obverse inscription Γ (behind head)
Edition γʹ
Translation 3
Obverse design bare head of Nero (?), right
Reverse inscription ΑΤΤΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀτταλέων
Translation of the Attaleans
Reverse design helmeted head of Athena, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.47 g
Axis 6
Reference Baydur 159–60 ('Claudius'), BMC 14
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note The portrait is completely different from that on 3366 (BMC 13), surely indicating a different emperor. A youngish Nero seems possible, though other later emperors are also possible (e.g., Domitian, Trajan). The possibility that the series is Trajanic must not be excluded.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 14
2 2     B: 235/1875
3 3     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 237
4 4     ✸ J. Clark coll.