RPC I, 2542

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2542
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Metrodoros Kon—
Dating c. AD 55 (?)
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΣ ΚΟΝ
Edition Ὑπαιπηνῶν Μητρόδωρος Κον(—)
Translation of the Hypaepans, Metrodoros Kon(—)
Reverse design hero standing, left, with double axe
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.08 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 16, Cop 188, Altınoluk 36A
Specimens 20 (12 in the core collections)
Note GRPCL Hypaepa 94 cites a coin with Asclepius from the Walcher coll. (unillustrated): probably a worn and misread coin of the normal type.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 16
2 2     L BMC 17
3 3     L BMC 18
4 4     NY: 1944.100.48959
5 5     Cop SNG 188
6 6     P: 471
7 7     O
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: 18585
10 10     V: GR 36765
11 11     Mu: 2a
12 12     I-B = LS 79, no. 5, with Taf. IV.5
13 13     Sardis excavations 152
14 14     P AA.GR.5093
15 15     V-ON Leypold 1, 983
16 16     Tire SNG 5, 364
17 17     CNG EA 228, 24 Feb. 2010, lot 235
18 18     ✸ CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 799
19 19     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 743
20 20     Naumann 49, 8 Jan. 2017, lot 436