RPC I, 2545

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2545
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus) ; Statilia Messalina (Augusta)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Hegesippos (grammateus)
Dating c. AD 66/8
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΜΕΣΣΑΛ(Ε)ΙΝΑ
Obverse design draped bust of Statilia Messalina, right, facing laureate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥ(ΛΙΟΣ) ΗΓΗΣΙΠΠ(ΟΣ) ΥΠΑΙΠ(ΗΝΩΝ) ΓΡ
Reverse design facing cult statue of Artemis
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 21 corr., Cop 191, Altınoluk 40 (RPC 2543–5)
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note The letter form W also occurs. 2546-8 Variant of reverse legend ΙΟΥΛ ΥΠΑ [ΓΡ] ΗΓΗϹΙΠΠΟϹ: P.-F. Jacquier 20 (Herbst 1997) lot 332, 5.60 g.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 476
2 2     P: Apamea 493
3 3     Sternberg 13 (Nov. 1983) lot 592
4 4     MMAG 41 (1970) lot 417
5 5     Hauck und Aufhäuser 16, 16–17 Oct. 2001, lot 281
6 6     ✸ CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 938
7 7     Ödemiş SNG 7, 308
8 8     V-ON Leypold 1, 985