RPC I, 974

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 974
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Unlocated mint of Crete
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue second group
Dating after AD 64
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ(Α) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙ)
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβα(στὸς) Γερμανι(κός)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Zeus wearing himation, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, left; in field, seven stars and eagle to left
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.55 g
Axis 6
Reference Sv 35
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1947,0606.691
2 2     ✸ P: 1984/1127 ex M&M 66/1984, lot 224
3 3     V: GR 14449 Sv, pl. XXXII, 21: rev
4 4     C: Leake 8897 SNG IV, 4005