RPC I, 4003

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4003
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Pompeiopolis
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Year 130 (?)
Dating AD 64/5
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΕΤ ΡΛ (?) (in l. field, ΑΙ ΑΝ Ν; in r. field, Α ΛΡΓΡΔΗ)
Edition Πομπηϊοπολειτῶν ἔτ(ους) ρλʹ
Translation of the Pompeiopolitans, of year 130
Reverse design Athena, standing, left, with Nike and spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.16 g
Axis 12
Reference Boyce, Pompeiopolis 27–28
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 7–8: same obv. die.
Note The date is very uncertain (though the portrait indicates a date towards the end of Nero's reign); Bosch read year 131, while Boyce preferred 130 (see her discussion). The RBW specimen corrects the reading of the first series of letters as it is from the same reverse die as the one illustrated Pl. 151, 4003/1. In l. field, AI AN NI; in r. field, A ΛΡΓΡΔH. The significance of these letters remains very uncertain.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1059 SNG 1220
2 2     P: 1061 Wa 4516
3 3     O
4 4     B: 577/1895
5 5     Gotha: 577/1895
6 6     Mu: uncertain (tray 43) 2999
7 7     P: 1060 Wa 4517 = SNG 1218
8 8     P: 1058 SNG 1219
9 9     O
10 10     V: GR 37645
11 11     Levante 887
12 12     G. Missere, F. Missere, La collezione Missere di monete romane provinciale, Modena, 1999, no. 587
13 13     ✸ RBW (ex CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 989)
14 14     Roma Numismatics EA 12, 1 Nov. 2014, lot 1178
15 15     Leu EA 5, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 540
16 16     CNG EA 513, 6 Apr. 2022, lot 281
17 17     CGT coll.