RPC I, 5242

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5242
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue LΕ = year 5
Dating AD 58/9
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ
Edition Νέρων Κλαύ(διος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβα(στὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Αὐτο(κράτωρ)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Emperor
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΝ ΝΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, L Ε
Edition πρὸν(οια) Νέου Σεβαστοῦ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation the providence of the new Augustus, of year 5
Reverse design Nero, radiate, on throne, left with sceptre and ?baton
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.99 g
Axis 12
Reference Walker 131–8
Specimens 4 (9 in the core collections)
Note AR 18.5%
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR25512 M 194
2 2     L BMC 155
3 3     Agora Auctions sale 33, 26 May 2015, lot 97
4 4     Kölner Münzkabinett 119, 6 Oct 2023