RPC I, 2060

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
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
Obverse design radiate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕ[ΒΑ]ΣΤΗ
Reverse design Poppaea as Securitas seated right or left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
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)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 868/1901
2 2     Cast in Winterthur = SM 140 (1985), 89, fig 3a
3 3     MünzZentrum 91, 1997, lot 178
4 4     ✸ CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 585
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 964
6 6     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 326 ex Naumann 80, 4 Aug. 2019, lot 326
7 7     Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 424