RPC I, 2050

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2050
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Attius Laco (proconsul)
Dating c. 54–5
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΤΤΙΟΥ ΛΑΚΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀττίου Λάκωνος ἀνθυπάτου Νεικαιέων
Translation under Attius Laco, proconsul, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design cista bearing capricorn on globe, cornucopia with wreath and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.86 g
Reference Rec 37
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 797 Wa 392 = Rec, pl. LXVI.14
2 2     P: 799
3 3     Mu: 9a
4 4     Prowe = Reinach's annotated copy of Rec.
5 5     Gitbud and Naumann VCoins 11105