RPC I, 3650

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3650
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMA
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ET IA
Reverse design Mount Argaeus surmounted by naked and radiate figure, holding globe and sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference S 88, Walker 497–8
Specimens 9 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6: same obv. die. 2–3: same obv. die.
Note AR 79%. 6 coins, 4 obv. dies. The variant ending GERM to the obv. legend occurs on a specimen in NY, 3.59. There is an old forgery with this rev. type and with the obv. legend NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Specimens, all from the same dies, occur in gold (V 20051, 7.55, Mu C.17, 7.56) and silver (V forgeries, cf. Mionnet 4.410.18). The falsity of the coins is evident from the style (e.g., of the rev. figure) and the 6 o'clock die axis.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 249
2 2     NY: 1944.100.55173 ex Caesarea 1906 hoard (Aréthuse 1927, pl. XXIV.15)
3 3     V: GR 20052
4 4     L: 1910,0204.1
5 5     B: Fox
6 6     O
7 7     NY: 1944.100.55171
8 8     L: 1910,0204.1
9 9     Henseler 128