RPC III, 4112

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4112
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Nerva
Person (obv.) Nerva (Augustus)
Issue L A = year 1
Dating AD 96/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρουας Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβαστό(ς)
Translation Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing facing, head, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.29 g
Axis 12
Specimens 19 (14 in the core collections)
Note The tetradrachm in the BM, described by BMC 350 as having a reverse design of Tyche with rudder and cornucopia (= Emmett 366 = KG 26.9), actually depicts Dikaiosyne: the designs are exactly the same except for the rudder which supposedly replaces the scales. However this part of the coin is worn, partly off flan and has a large lump of corrosion, which has mistakenly been interpreted as a rudder. Illustrated by Christiansen, plate 1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1896,1004.53 BMC 2757
2 2     P: 1005
3 3     P: 1006
4 4     P: 1007
5 5     P: 1008
6 6     P: 1009
7 7     B: 96/1899
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     C
10 10     Mu
11 11     NY
12 12     NY
13 13     NY
14 14     ✸ O: HCR25764 M 534
15 15     Brussels: 371
16 16     Brussels: 372
17 17     Cologne Geissen 432
18 18     D631 = Van der Dussen 24, 1995, lot 3808 (Figari - Mosconi 95)
19 19     D632