RPC I, 2060


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	2060
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Nero
Person (obv.)	Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.)	Poppaea
Dating	c. 62/6
Obverse inscription	ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ
Edition	Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανι(κός)
Translation	Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design	radiate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription	ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕ[ΒΑ]ΣΤΗ
Edition	Ποππαία Σε[βα]στῆ
Translation	of Poppaea Augusta
Reverse design	Poppaea as Securitas seated right or left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	10.91 g
Axis	6
Reference	C. Howgego, SM 140 (1985), 90, no. 3
Specimens	7 (1 in the core collections)
Note	Fuller reading of obv. legend thanks to coin 3.
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	B: 868/1901		27	9.28		Obv.: GIC 591 (GALBA) ; Poppaea, r.; cf. M. Grant, NC 1949, 113, n. 16, unillustrated; the second coin in B mentioned by Grant is a specimen of 2061, with Messalina.	Show
2		Cast in Winterthur = SM 140 (1985), 89, fig 3a	27			Poppaea, l.	Show
3		MünzZentrum 91, 1997, lot 178		10.10		This coin allows a fuller reading of the obverse legend. The reverse legend too has a fully legible legend; curiously the sigmas are both retrograde (Poppaea is seated l.).	Show
4 ✸		CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 585	28	11.06	6	Obv.: GIC 526 (ΓΑΛΒΑ) ; obverse legends ends with ΓΕΡ	Show
5		Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 964	27	10.32			Show
6		Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 326 ex Naumann 80, 4 Aug. 2019, lot 326	26	12.47		Obv.: GIC 591 (GALBA)	Show
7		Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 424	30	12.25		Obv.: GIC 591 (GALBA)	Show

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