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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4281 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4281 |
Province | Syria |
Region | Syria |
City | Antioch |
Reign | Claudius |
Person (obv.) | Nero (Caesar) |
Issue | undated issues. Late in the reign? |
Obverse inscription | NERO GERMANICVS CAESAR |
Edition | Nero Germanicus Caesar |
Translation | Nero Germanicus Caesar |
Obverse design | laureate head of Nero, right |
Reverse inscription | S C |
Edition | s(enatus) c(onsulto) |
Translation | by decree of the senate |
Reverse design | inscription within a laurel wreath of eight leaves |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 26 mm |
Average weight | 14.19 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Wr. 16, McAlee 281 |
Specimens | 7 (2 in the core collections) |
Note | The legend on 3 indicates an attribution to Nero rather than Germanicus (cf. the comment on p. 621 regarding the date of the ‘Germanicus’ coin). Butcher, CRS p. 359, suggests that this may date to the end of Claudius’ reign. |
Correction | Corrected coin-type (post publication) |