RPC I, 5487

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5487
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Uncertain mint of Thrace
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR
Edition Nero Claudius Caesar Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician (power)
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription VICTORIA AVGVSTI
Edition Victoria Augusti
Translation Victory of the Augustus
Reverse design Victory standing left, with wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.42 g
Axis 7, 12
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
Note C. Howgego suggests that this might belong with the Thracian group of Neronian coins in Latin (RPC I, 1758ff). For the Flavian period, a smaller denomination was attributed to this source, similarly with designs which were not copied from Rome (RPC II, 510, 543).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 2001,0510.1 Hudson coll.
2 2     Helios 1, 17 Apr. 2008, lot 239
3 3     Helios eBay shop 2012
4 4     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 11, 29 Dec. 2013, lot 398
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 220, 11 Mar. 2014, lot 1464
6 6     Savoca 10 Blue, 29 Sept. 2018, lot 907
7 7     CGT coll. = Savoca 27 Blue, 28 Dec. 2019, lot 721
8 8     Naumann 74, 3 Feb. 2019, lot 178
9 9     Künker 62, 20 Oct. 2020, lot 4149 = Künker eLive 65, 23 Feb. 2021, lot 7091
10 10     Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 499
11 11     CGT coll. = Pecunem 23, 5 Oct. 2014, lot 515