RPC I, 1279

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1279
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 IVPPITER LIBERATOR, C P
Edition Iuppiter Liberator c(olonia) P(atrensis)
Translation Jupiter the Liberator, the colony of Patras
Reverse design Jupiter standing, left, with eagle and sceptre
Metal copper
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.97 g
Axis 3, 12
Reference Syd 17
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die. 3–5: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 13841
2 2     L: 1913,0604.95
3 3     P: 1249
4 4     B: 18266831, 28676/77
5 5     V: GR 13842
6 6     Princeton: 1399
7 7     Budapest
8 8     Delphi
9 9     ✸ Couvalis coll. (ex LHS 96, BCD Coll., 8-9 May 2006, lot 548.3 = CNG EA 147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 22)