RPC I, 5240

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5240
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue LΕ = year 5
Dating AD 58/9
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ
Edition Νέρω(ν) Κλαύ(διος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβα(στὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Αὐτο(κράτωρ)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΟ ΑΓΑΘ ΔΑΙΜ, L Ε
Edition νέο(ς) Ἀγαθ(ο)δαίμ(ων) (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation the new Agathodaemon, of year 5
Reverse design serpent, right, with ears of corn and poppies
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.38 g
Axis 12
Reference Walker 131–8
Specimens 6 (7 in the core collections)
Note AR 18.5%
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 268
2 2     ✸ O: HCR25497 M 180
3 3     L: 1864,1118.292 BMC 174
4 4     Dattari 267 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 186
5 5     Kölner Münzkabinett 119, 6 Oct 2023
6 6     Concordia Numismatic 20, 13 Sept. 2024, lot 158