RPC I, 4749

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4749
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CAES AVG COS IIII IMP XIIII P P
Edition Nero Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) IIII Imp(erator) XIIII P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus, consul for the fourth time, imperator for the fourteenth time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, left; lituus before
Reverse inscription DIVOS CLAVD GER FELIX PTOL, III VI X XI, COL C C ST
Edition divos Claud(ius) Ger(manica) Felix Ptol(emais) III VI X XI col(onia) C(onstantia?) C(laudia) St(abilis)
Translation the divine Claudius, the Claudian colony Constantia(?) Stabilis Germanica Felix Ptolemais, (legions) 3, 6, 10, 11
Reverse design togate man ploughing with two oxen, right; behind, four vexilla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.52 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Seyrig 32, Rouvier 997
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
Note For the date (66/7?), see introduction. A specimen of this type of Nero was discovered on the site of Gamala, destroyed in August/September 67, thereby providing a terminus ante quem for the coin (D. Syon, ‘The coins from Gamala - Interim report’, INJ 1992-93 [1994], pp. 34-55, at p. 54 no. 76.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     L: 1906,0712.146 BMC 17
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 50/1895
5 5     Cop SNG 182
6 6     P Bab 1527
7 7     NY: 1944.100.71207
8 8     V: GR 22454
9 9     Rouvier
10 10     Sneh coll.
11 11     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 134
12 12     VAuctions 332, 28 Sept. 2018, lot 298
13 13     CNG 510, 23 Feb. 2022, lot 498