RPC I, 2055

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2055
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Iunius Chilo (procurator)
Dating AD 54/5
Obverse inscription [ΝΕΡ]ΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ(Σ)
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ ΧΙΛΩΝΟΣ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΟΥ, ΝΕΙΚ, ΔΙΟΣ ΛΙΤΑΙΟΥ (inscribed on altar)
Edition ἐπὶ Ἰουνίου Χίλωνος ἐπιτρόπου Νεικ(αιέων) Διὸς Λιταίου
Translation under Iunius Chilo, procurator, of the Nicaeans, of Zeus Litaeus
Reverse design altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.08 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference E. T. Seltman, NC 1928, 101
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2053/2–3. 2: same obv. die as 2053/4. 1–3: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42161
2 2     Mu: 70145
3 3     Malloy XXVII (1989), lot 81