RPC I, 3661A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3661A
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Hierapolis-Comana
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝΟϹ [ΚΛΑΥΔ]ΙΟΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ Β
Edition Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ βʹ
Translation of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus, 2
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription Ι[ ]ΤΩΝ [ ]ΤΩ ϹΑΡ
Edition Ἱ[---]τῶν [---] τῷ Σάρ(ῳ)
Translation of the Hierapolitans by the Saros
Reverse design two mountains; that to right surmounted by a statue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.68 g
Axis 1
Reference Ganschow 1101
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The rev. legend can be read as ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤWΝ [ΤWΝ ΠΡ]ΟϹ ΤW ΣΑΡWΙ. A larger denomination corresponding to 3661. The B should not be taken as part of Nero’s titles. The letter B also appears on the reverse of 3661. Perhaps denoting year 2 (see commentary there).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 786 = Hirsch 181, 22 Feb. 1994, lot 539 ex Baldwin, MM, Vecchi, The New York Sale II, 2 Dec. 1999, lot 162