RPC I, 2058

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2058
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
Edition Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Nero, left; before, lituus
Reverse inscription Μ ΤΑΡΚΥΙΤΙΟΣ ΠΡΕΙΣΚΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΩΝ, ΝΕΙΚ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ταρκυίτιος Πρεῖσκος πάτρων Νεικ(αιέων)
Translation Marcus Tarquitius Priscus, patron, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design trophy
Metal brass
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 4.53 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 41–2
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type