RPC I, 3651

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3651
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 I
Reverse design Mount Argaeus surmounted by naked and radiate figure, holding globe and sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 15 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference S 86, Walker 495–6, Ganschow 64
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note AR 85%. 2 coins, 2 obv. dies. On all the other four hemidrachms seen with Mount Argaeus on the rev., the reading of the date is ET I[, leaving open the possibility that pieces may exist for year 11 as well: BMC 14, 1.48; BMC 15, 1.55; B (Löbb), 1.66 and 1.64.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Aufhäuser 6 (1989) lot 318
3 3     L: G.2709 BMC (Greek) 15
4 4     L BMC (Greek) 14
5 5     Henseler 127, ex GM 81, 1997, lot 557
6 6     ✸ Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 479
7 7     R. Effler coll. (ex NSB 2, 2020, lot 430)