RPC I, 4303A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4303A
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, serpent
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 15.29 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 294
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Nomos obolos 14, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 399
2 2     ✸ CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 722 (ex Superior, 9 Dec. 1989, lot 2827)
3 3     CNG EA 419, 25 Apr. 2018, lot 306