RPC I, 1278

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1278
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CAESAR AVG GERM
Edition Nero Caesar Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus)
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design radiate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription HERCVLI AVGVSTO, C P
Edition Herculi Augusto c(olonia) P(atrensis)
Translation to Augustan Hercules, the colony of Patras
Reverse design Hercules leaning, right, with club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.61 g
Reference Syd 16
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note The name NERO has been erased on l.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1248
2 2     B: I-B