RPC I, 1005

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1005
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Cnossus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Nero (Augustus) ; Claudia Octavia
Magistrate Lupinus (duovir) ; Volumnius (duovir)
Dating c. AD 55–60
Obverse inscription NERO CLAV CAES AVG IMP VOLVMNIO LVPINO II
Edition Nero Clau(dius) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Imp(erator) Volumnio Lupino II(viris)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Emperor, with Volumnius and Lupinus duovirs
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right, with drapery on left shoulder and sceptre
Reverse inscription NERO CLAVD CAES AVG IMP ET OCTAVIA AVGVSTI
Edition Nero Claud(ius) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Imp(erator) et Octavia Augusti
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus, emperor, and Octavia wife of Augustus
Reverse design bare heads face to face of Claudia Octavia, to the right, and Nero, to the left; a crescent over Claudia Octavia's head and a star over Nero's
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.19 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Sv 217
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1947,0606.1324 Cameron
2 2     P: 801
3 3     P: 805
4 4     P: 806
5 5     B: Kassel
6 6     ✸ B: 18249381, 746/1877
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     A: Π1901-2 KS' 68
9 9     A: Π1901-2 KS' 69
10 10     Milan: 1096
11 11     Milan: Laffranchi 16366
12 12     O
13 13     Münster: M 854