RPC I, 4024

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4024
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Year 135
Dating AD 67/8
Obverse inscription ] ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟ[
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΛΛΩΤΩΝ
Reverse design facing figure of Athena Magarsis, with spear; in field, two stars and ƐΛΡ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The portrait does not look much like Nero, but the date seems clear. Could it possibly be a coin of Galba?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante 1269
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 339 (= Lindgren III, 863)
3 3     Roma E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 708 (ex Zeus Auction 15, 26 Fe. 2021, lot 319) = Roma E-Sale 93, 6 Jan. 2022, lot 709