RPC I, 1753

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1753
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Issue Third group (Σ), Nero with Claudia Octavia and then Poppaea
Dating between 59 and 63
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ
Edition Περινθίων
Translation of the Perinthians
Reverse design Apollo standing left, with branch and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.11 g
Axis 12
Reference Sch 229–30
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same obv. die.
Note All same obv. die, which is also used for 1754(inscription in wreath).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2 –3     see Sch
4 4     see Sch
5 5     CNG 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 247 ex CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1042
6 6     Yale ex PRF
7 7     ✸ Münz Zentrum 190, 11 Mar. 2020, lot 428
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3397
10 10     CNG 441, 3 April 2019, lot 278