RPC I, 4170

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4170
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Agrippina II
Person (rev.) Nero (Caesar)
Dating AD 50–4
Obverse inscription ΑΡΓΙΠΠΕΙΝΗϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗϹ
Edition Ἀργιππείνης Σεβαστῆς
Translation of Agrippina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Agrippina II, left
Reverse inscription ΝΕΡωΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΥ
Edition Νέρωνος Καίσαρος Γερμανικοῦ
Translation of Nero Caesar Germanicus
Reverse design draped bust of young Nero, left
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.62 g
Axis 12
Reference Cop 153, Prieur 69, McAlee 273
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die.
Note As there are fewer dies for Agrippina than Nero (1-2 is different from 3-4 for him), she is presumably the obv.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0330.40
2 2     B: I-B GM, Taf. XIII.16
3 3     NY
4 4     Cop SNG 153
5 5     trade 1987
6 6     Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 569
7 7     Nomos obolos 6, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 667
8 8     CGT coll. = CNG 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 541
9 9     Nomos obolos 23, 12 June 2022, lot 638
10 10     ✸ Richard McAlee coll.