RPC I, 1202

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1202
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)
Edition Nero Claud(ius) Caesar Aug(ustus)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right or left
Reverse inscription TI CLAVD(IO) OPTATO IIVIR COR, ISTHMIA
Edition Ti(berio) Claudio Optato IIvir(o) Cor(inthi) Isthmia
Translation with Tiberius Claudius Optatus duovir, of Corinth, the Isthmian Games
Reverse design in a wreath of parsley
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 6.60 g
Axis 9, 10
Reference BMC 565–6, Amandry XXI 19–33, pp. 213–15
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., or: C IVLIO POLYAENO IIVIR COR
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     BCD
2 2     A: 40131 IS
3 3     see Amandry 213–15
4 4     ✸ Hirsch 352.2, 26 Sept. 2019, lot 2796 (ex Lanz 105, 2001, lot 464)
5 5     Münster: 1252
6 6     Roma Numismatics 96, 5 May 2022, lot 674 ex InAsta E-Live Auction 97, 29 Nov. 2021, lot 279
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 100, 28 July 2022, lot 783
8 8     Olympus Numismatik 14, 9–10 Aug. 2024, lot 88