RPC I, 4303

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4303
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Cestius Gallus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue year 115 (ƐΙΡ)
Dating AD 66/7
Obverse inscription IM NER CLAV CAESAR
Edition Im(perator) Ner(o) Clau(dius) Caesar
Translation Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right; in front, lituus
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΚΕϹΤΙΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕ ΕΤ ΕΙΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Γαίου Κεστίου Ἀντιοχέ(ων) ἔτ(ους) ειρʹ
Translation under Gaius Cestius, of the Antiochenes, of year 115
Reverse design inscription in a laurel wreath of eight leaves
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.95 g
Axis 12
Reference Mi 5.169.190, McAlee 292
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Leake 1119 SNG 5942
2 2     Yale: 2001.87.7781
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 435, 2 Jan. 2019, lot 256
4 4     Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 292 (illustrated on p. 145)
5 5     L: G.5377 BMC 202