RPC I, 5253

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5253
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 59/60
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 Ϛ
Edition πρόν(οια) νέου σεβαστοῦ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation foresight of the new emperor, of year 6
Reverse design Nero, radiate, on throne, left with sceptre and ?baton
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.23 g
Axis 12
Reference Walker 139–43
Specimens 6 (7 in the core collections)
Note AR 18%
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 203 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 250
2 2     ✸ O: HCR25523 M 205
3 3     L BMC 26702
4 4     Naville Numismatics 93, 15 Dec. 2024, lot 351 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 306, ex Dattari
5 5     CNG Coin Shop, 758300
6 6     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 1987