RPC I, 3740

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3740
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Olba
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Polemo (king)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ΤΟΝ ΕΥΕΡΓ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ ΚΑΙϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτορα) Νέρωνα εὐεργ(έτην) Σεβαστ(ὸν) Καίσ(αρα)
Translation for Emperor Nero the benefactor Augustus Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Πολέμων βασιλεύς
Translation Marcus Antonius Polemo king
Reverse design winged caduceus and two serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.75 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Staffieri 35
Specimens 16 (4 in the core collections)
Note For attribution to Olba, see Sullivan, p. 15.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1963,1206.20
2 2     O Sullivan, NC 1979, pl. II.6
3 3     Levante 649
4 4     NY: 1973.191.5
6 6     B: 444/1929
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1393
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2228
9 9     CGT coll. = CNG EA 271, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 343
10 10     CNG EA 277, 11 Apr. 2012, lot 137
11 11     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 287
12 12     Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 522
13 13     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 32, 7 June 2015, lot 346
14 14     ✸ Sternberg XI (1981), lot 360 = Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 2085 = CNG EA 381, 24 Aug. 2016, lot 324
15 15     Rauch EA 20, 27 June 2016, lot 129
16 16     CNG EA 474, 12 Aug. 2020, lot 224
17 17     CNG EA 563, 5 June 2024, lot 480