RPC I, 4749

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4749
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CAES AVG COS IIII IMP XIIII P P
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, left; lituus before
Reverse inscription DIVOS CLAVD GER FELIX PTOL, III VI X XI, COL C C ST
Reverse design togate man ploughing with two oxen, right; behind, four vexilla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Seyrig 32, Rouvier 997
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
Note For the date (66/7?), see introduction. A specimen of this type of Nero was discovered on the site of Gamala, destroyed in August/September 67, thereby providing a terminus ante quem for the coin (D. Syon, ‘The coins from Gamala - Interim report’, INJ 1992-93 [1994], pp. 34-55, at p. 54 no. 76.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     L BMC 17
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 50/1895
5 5     Cop SNG 182
6 6     P Bab 1527
7 7     NY: 1944.100.71207
8 8     V: GR 22454
9 9     Rouvier
10 10     Sneh coll.
11 11     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 134
12 12     VAuctions 332, 28 Sept. 2018, lot 298
13 13     CNG 510, 23 Feb. 2022, lot 498