RPC I, 5318A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5318A
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue LΙΔ = year 14
Dating AD 67/8
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΖΕΥΣ ΚΑΠΕ[ΤΩΛ]ΙΟΣ, LΙΔ
Reverse design Zeus seated, l; Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note Formerly 5285. DS 281 shows that the date is clearly year 14, not 11 (see R. Pincock, ‘Nero’s large bronze coinage for Egypt’, NC 1995, pp. 266-71 (6 specimens listed). See also 5286.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG, Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 763 = CNG, Triton XXI, 8 Jan. 2018, lot 20 (Staffieri coll.) = Kunst und Münzen AG FPL 50, Nov. 1982, lot 151 = Dattari 281
2 2     NY: 1944.100.53597
3 3     Künker 83, 17 June 2003, lot 782
4 4     CNG, 2 Sept. 1992, lot 701: see R. Pincock, NC 1995, p. 269, no. II-5
5 5     Sotheby, 9 Mar. 1972 (Jungfleisch), lot 26 = Glendining, 20 June 1984, lot 95. R. Pincock, NC 1995, p. 269, no. II-6
6 6     Kovacs, ex Harmer Rooke 20 May 1972, lot 377 (illustrated) = Myers/Adams, 6 Dec. 1973, lot 285. R. Pincock NC 1995, p. 269, no. II-4.