RPC I, 4520

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4520
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tripolis
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Dating 67/8
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right; before lituus
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ L ΘΟΤ
Edition Τριπολειτῶν (ἔτους) θοτʹ
Translation of the Tripolitans, of year 379
Reverse design busts of Dioscuri, right, wearing pilei and surmounted with stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.31 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1688, BMC 39
Specimens 57 (40 in the core collections)

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