RPC I, 5267

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5267
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Poppaea
Issue L ƐΝΑ(Τ)(ΟΥ) = 9
Dating AD 62/3
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ
Edition Νέρω(ν) Κλαύ(διος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Αὐτο(κράτωρ)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Emperor
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ, L ΕΝΑ(Τ)
Edition Ποππαία Σεβαστοῦ (ἔτους) ἐνάτ(ου)
Translation Poppaea, (wife) of Augustus, of the 9th year
Reverse design bust of Poppaea, right, star symbol
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.83 g
Axis 12
Reference Walker 144–8
Specimens 8 (14 in the core collections)
Note AR 15.7%

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 194
2 2     O: HCR25525 M 208
3 3     L: 1930,0505.2 BMC 2668
4 4     Dattari 195
5 5     ✸ CNG Triton XXI, Staffieri coll., 8 Jan. 2018, lot 14 (ex Empire Coins 8, 7 Dec. 1987, lot 337)
6 6     CNG EA 285, 22 Aug. 2012, lot 243
7 7     Numismatik Lanz Auction 94, 22 Nov. 1999, lot 266
8 8     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 1991