RPC I, 5255

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5255
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 59/60
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΗΤΕΡ, LϚ
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, with poppies and corn, and long torch
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Walker 139–43
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
Note AR 18%

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Dattari 221 = Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 222
2 2     O: HCR25515 M 197
3 3     L: 1896,1004.25 BMC 2677
4 4     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 1988
5 5     I. Sherif coll.