RPC I, 1241

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1241
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Sicyonia
City Sicyon
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Polyaenus (duovir)
Obverse inscription Ν(Ε) Κ(ΑΙ) ΖΕΥϹ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΥΑΙΝΟΥ, ΔΑ, ϹΙ(ΚΥ)
Reverse design naked figure, wearing cloak, and holding out arms, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 1, 10
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same obv. die.
Note For the rev. type, on earlier Sicyonian coins, see J. A. W. Warren, NC, 1984, p. 2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.38714
2 2     V: GR 28489
3 3     ✸ P: 664
4 4     NY: 1948.4.85
5 5     Lewis SNG 1270