RPC I, 4012

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4012
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Augusta
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Dating AD 67/8
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΑΝΩΝ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΗΜ
Edition Αὐγουστανῶν ἔτους ημʹ
Translation of the people of Augusta, of year 48
Reverse design bust of Dionysus with thyrsus, right; behind, cantharus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.27 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 5, Karbach 40–46
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
Note 3 obv. and 7 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 5
2 2     L BMC 6
3 3     L: 1927,0402.11
4 4     P: 306
5 5     G: 1
6 6     CNG EA 129, 21 Dec. 2005, lot 228 = Levante 1243
7 7     vA 5534
8 8     R. Ziegler, Münzen Kilikiens aus kleineren deutschen Sammlungen, 863
9 9     NY: 1975.225.4
10 10     Peus 386, 26 Apr. 2006, lot 699
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 153, 29 Nov. 2006, lot 165
12 12     CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 303 = Lindgren I, 1461
13 13     CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 563 = ex Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1812; T. Cederlind 155, 24 June 2010, lot 166
14 14     Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 434
15 15     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 197
16 16     Bern SNG Righetti 1521
17 17     CGT coll.