RPC I, 5297

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5297
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue LΙΓ = year 13
Dating AD 66/67
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ, L ΙΓ
Edition Νέρω(ν) Κλαύ(διος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Αὔ(γουστος) (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, of year 13
Obverse design radiate bust of Nero with aegis, left
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΣ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΥ
Edition Διός Ὀλυμπίου
Translation of Zeus Olympios
Reverse design laureate bust of Olympian Zeus, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.75 g
Axis 12
Reference Walker 168–77
Specimens 9 (21 in the core collections)
Note AR 16.3%
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR25593 M 262
2 2     L
3 3     Boston: 1985.1046
4 4     Jarman coll.
5 5     Freiburg: 12706
6 6     Freiburg: 12707
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Kölner Münzkabinett 119, 6 Oct 2023
9 9     Jeremy Ricci Coll.