RPC I, 4021A

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4021A
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Diphi(los) (without title) ; Rou(fos) (without title)
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, l. with aegis
Reverse inscription ΜΑΛΛΩΤΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche, standing l., holding cornucopia; below, to l. and r., two river gods; in field, ΔΙΦ (lower r.) ΡΟΥ (upper l.)
Metal Æ
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note The 'star' can now be seen to be an elaborate aegis.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON Leypold SNG 2527
2 2     ✸ Levante = CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 441
3 3     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde
4 4     Zeus Auction 9, 20 June 2020, lot 460