RPC I, 2054

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2054
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus) ; Agrippina II
Magistrate Iunius Chilo (procurator)
Dating AD 54/5
Obverse inscription [ΝΕΡ]ΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Ἀγριππῖνα Σεβαστή Νέρων Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Ἀγριππῖνα Σεβαστ(ή)
Translation Nero Caesar Augustus, Agrippina Augusta
Obverse design laureate head of Nero and draped bust of Agrippina II, jugate left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ ΧΙΛΩΝΟΣ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΟΥ, ΝΕ ΙΚ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἰουνίου Χίλωνος ἐπιτρόπου Νεικαιέων ἐπὶ Ἰουνίου Χίλωνος ἐπιτρόπου Νεικ(αιέων)
Translation under Iunius Chilo, procurator, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Dionysus, standing on elephant's head, with cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.60 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C SNG 4111, Hasluck: AJA 1944, 176–7
2 2     Wendt XXI (1978) lot 454b