RPC I, 1371

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1371
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Nero
Issue Reign of Nero, probable attribution to Nicopolis (see introduction)
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙ ΚΤΙϹΤΗ
Edition Νέρωνι Ἀπόλλωνι κτίστῃ
Translation to Nero Apollo the founder
Obverse design Nero, standing right, as Apollo playing lyre
Reverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝΟΣ
Edition Νέρωνος
Translation of Nero
Reverse design Nike standing, left, with wreath
Metal copper
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.75 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference BMC Apollonia 84, Levy NC 1989, 62, nos 14–22, Calomino 9
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 8: same pair of dies. 3, 5, 9: same pair of dies. 4, 7: same pair of dies. 3, 5–6, 9: same obv. die. 3, 5, 9: same rev. die as 1372/1. 6: same rev. die as 1370/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 93
2 2     ✸ P: 94
3 3     P: Delepierre
4 4     B: 28676
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     L BMC Apollonia 84
7 7     Rome Calomino MNR 40
8 8     Tübingen: 1328
9 9     Milan
10 10     Madrid: unertain
11 11     CGT coll. = Art Coins Roma EA 10, 25 June 2013, lot 352