RPC I, 975

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 975
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 ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ(Σ) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝ)
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδι(ος) Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμαν(ικός)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Zeus naked, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, left; in field, seven stars
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Sv 34
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1926,0116.36 Seager
2 2     V: GR 14450
3 3     G
4 4     Amsterdam: 4727
5 5     ✸ NY: 1957.65.11
6 6     Former coll. Mitsotakis = Sv, pl. XXXII, 21: obv.
7 7     Verona
8 8     Markov 60, 9 Jan. 2024, lot 209