RPC I, 2057


Image of specimen #12

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	2057
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Nero
Person (obv.)	Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate	Marcus Tarquitius Priscus (proconsul)
Dating	c. 56/9
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, left
Reverse inscription	Ε Μ ΤΑΡΚΥΙΤΙΟΥ ΠΡΕΙΣΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘ(Υ), ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕ (inscribed on cista)
Edition	ἐ(πὶ) Μ(άρκου) Ταρκυιτίου Πρείσκου πάτρωνος ἀνθυ(πάτου) Νεικαιέ(ων)
Translation	under Marcus Tarquitius Priscus, patron (and) proconsul, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design	cista bearing capricorn on globe, cornucopia with wreath and thyrsus
Metal	brass
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	12.51 g
Axis	12
Reference	Rec 39
Specimens	12 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links	1, 3: same obv. die.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1897,0104.30	Bunbury	29	12.64	12	ΑΝΘ	Show
2	2	B: Löbb.		29		12	ΑΝΘ. Reverse inscription scraped off as on 2051/1 (cf. 2056).	Show
3	3		JSW = CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1056	29	16.39	12	ΑΝΘΥ	Show
4	4		'Gd. Duc' (Reinach's annotated copy of Rec	29		12	Obv.: GIC 591 (GALBA) ; ΑΝΘΥ	Show
5	5		Gorny & Mosch 138, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1730	29	9.56		reverse inscription erased	Show
6	6		Vecchi I, Feb. 1996, lot 845		13.34		with erased reverse inscription	Show
7	7		InAsta 98, 28 Feb. 2022, lot 519	27	10.73		with erased reverse inscription	Show
8	8		Bucephalus Numismatic 15, 10 - 11 Feb. 2023, lot 787	29.2	11.20		reverse inscription erased	Show
9	9		N&N London EA 35, 30 Sept.–1 Oct. 2023, lot 374	27	10.36		Obv.: GIC 591 (GALBA)	Show
10	10		Tkalec and Rauch, 25-26 Apr. 1989, lot 262	28	14.64			Show
11	11		N&N London EA 49, 1 June 2024, lot 291	30.1	11.50		Obv.: GIC 591 (GALBA)	Show
12	12 ✸		Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1010	28.1	14.69			Show