RPC I, 4024

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4024
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Uncertain
Issue Year 135
Dating AD 68/9
Obverse inscription ] ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟ[
Edition --- Σεβαστο--- [---] Σεβαστο[---]
Translation [---] Augustus [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Nero (??), right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΛΛΩΤΩΝ, ΕΛΡ
Edition Μαλλωτῶν ελρʹ Μαλλωτῶν ελρʹ
Translation of the Mallotians, 135
Reverse design facing figure of Athena Magarsis, with spear; in field, two stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.64 g
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

# Specimen 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