RPC I, 1201

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1201
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Polyaenus (duovir) ; Tiberius Claudius Optatus (duovir)
Dating AD 57–8 or 58–9
Obverse inscription NERO (or NERO) CLAV(D) or (CLAVD) CAES(AR) (or CAES) AVG (or AVG)
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right or left
Reverse inscription TI CLAVD(IO) OPTATO IIVIR COR or C IVLIO POLYAENO II VIR COR
Reverse design Bellerophon naked, with shield on left arm, seizing by bridle Pegasus left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 562–4, Amandry XXI 1–18, pp. 209–13
Specimens 95 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 564
2 2 –91     see Amandry, 209–13
92 92     ✸ Lanz 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 454
93 93     CGT coll. = VAuction 270, 29 Sept. 2011, lot 217, ex BCD
94 94     Roma Numismatics 96, 5 May 2022, lot 675 ex E-Live Auction 97, 29 Nov. 2021, lot 274
95 95     CNG EA 548, 18 Oct. 2023, lot 278