RPC I, 1402

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1402
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Buthrotum
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG
Edition Nero Claudius Caesar Aug(ustus)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription D EX CONS C C I B
Edition d(ecurionum) ex cons(ensu) c(olonia) C(ampestris) I(ulia) B(uthrotum)
Translation by the consensus of the decurions, the Julian colony of Campestris Buthrotum
Reverse design bridge
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.62 g
Axis 12
Reference Maz X
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1403/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Evalpidis 1788 = ex Mabbott 767
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42685
3 3     Verona: 71196 D. Calomino, ‘Monete dell’Epiro e dell’isola di Corcira conservate nella collezione numismatica del Museo Civico di Verona’, Verona Illustrata 18 (2005), p. 15 and Tav. [1], 6