RPC I, 4171

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4171
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Nero (Caesar)
Dating AD 50–4
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡωΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΥ
Obverse design draped bust of young Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΔΡΑΧΜΟΝ
Reverse design lituus and simpulum
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 2, 12
Reference BMC Ephesus 209, Cop Ephesus 375, Prieur 70, McAlee 272
Specimens 18 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13: same obv. die. 14–16: same obv. die.
Note The piece in O (5.64 = Egger, 1914 = Walker, Metrology I, p. 61: 95% fine!) is a forgery.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Ephesus 209
2 2     C SNG 5863
3 3     Myers (19.4.1974), lot 264
4 4     C
5 5     Cop SNG Ephesus 375
6 6     Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12–13 Apr. 2024, lot 364 = V. Wishnevsky coll., ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser, Oct. 1985, lot 211
7 7     Malter XIX, lot 255
8 8     Lanz 28 (1984), lot 447 = MMAG 480 (1985), no. 14 = NFA XIV (1984), lot 331
9 9     V: GR 20054
10 10     V: GR 27452
11 11     Leu 30 (1982), lot 307
12 12     B: I-B
13 13     B: Fox
14 14     B: Löbb.
15 15     Num. Circ. (Dec. 1980), 10073
16 16     Ariadne (9.12.1983), lot 257
17 17     ✸ Roma 20, 29 Oct. 2020, lot 375
18 18     Boston: 61.372