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 4.59 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 41–2
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 15
2 2     L: 1961,0301.107
3 3     B Rec, pl. LXVI.16
4 4     B: 721/1877
5 5     Mu: 9
6 6     P: 801
7 7     Milan Rec, pl. LXVI.17
8 8     Waddell 9.12.1982, lot 97
9 9     Missere 224
10 10     Hirsch 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2670
11 11     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 16, 24 - 25 Feb. 2023, lot 533
12 12     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, W. Weiser coll., 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1011