RPC I, 520

 

Image of specimen #32

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 520
Province Gallia Narbonensis
Region Gaul
City Nemausus
Reign Roman Republic
Dating c. 40 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design helmeted and draped bust, right; behind, S
Reverse inscription NEM COL
Reverse design Hygieia/Valetudo/Salus standing, left, left arm on a column, holding patera over two serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12
Reference Giard 59–60, no. 7
Specimens 38 (36 in the core collections)
Note For a new interpretation of the reverse types of 520 et 511, see M. Feugère, ‘Les bronzes de Nîmes BN 2725 et 2735 et le sanctuaire guérisseur de Nemausus’, in Histoire, Espaces et Marges de l’Antiquité, I. Hommages à Monique Clavel-Lévêque (Besançon, 2003), pp. 227-231. Feugère interprets the type of 521 as a cupping glass and the palms as the symbol of Apollo. The female figure on 520 is Hygeia. Both types are related to the sanctuary of the fountain of Nîmes whose healing waters were renowned.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2735
2 2     P: 2729
3 3     P: 2730
4 4     P: 2731
5 5     P: 2732
6 6     P: 2733
7 7     P: 2734
8 8     P: 2736
9 9     P: 2737
10 10     P: 2738
11 11     P: 2739
12 12     P: Y 23627
13 13     L: 1925
14 14     L: 1926
15 15     L: 1927
16 16     L: 1928
17 17     L: 1929
18 18     L: 1930
19 19     L: 1931
20 20     L: 1932
21 21     L: 1933
22 22     L: 1934
23 23     Cop SNG 692
24 24     Cop SNG 693
25 25     Mu SNG 431
26 26     Mu SNG 432
27 27     V: 483
28 28     V: 484
29 29     Grün 75, 13 Nov. 2018, lot 254
30 30     Marti Hervera and Soler & Llach 1077, 2 July 2013, lot 2002
31 31     B: 18215420, Fox
32 32     ✸ B: 18215414, Alter Bestand
33 33     B: 18215415, 1847/7813
34 34     B: 18215416, Rauch
35 35     B: 18215421, Löbb.
36 36     B: 18215422, B-I
37 37     NY: 1944.100.93326
38 38     NY: 1944.100.93327