RPC I, 2559

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2559
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Dioshieron
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Korboulon
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΖΕΥΣ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ Ζεύς
Translation Nero Caesar (and) Zeus
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right, facing laureate head of Zeus, left
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΣΙΕΡΙΤΩΝ ΚΟΡΒΟΥΛΩΝ, ΗΡΑ
Edition Διοσιεριτῶν Κορβούλων Ἥρα
Translation of the Dioshierites, Korboulon, Hera
Reverse design Hera standing, left, with sceptre; monogram ΓΡ
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.97 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 7
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Note The Ζ of ΖΕΥΣ is retrograde. Münsterberg, Beamtennamen (cf. Groag, PIR2 3, 47), insisted that the monogram on 5 was of ΠΡ rather than ΓΡ, but this does not seem to be correct. For the monogram, which also appears on 2560–1, see introduction.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 282 Wa 4962
2 2     L BMC 7
3 3     O
4 4     B: B-I
5 5     V: GR 31477
6 6     Arolsen = LS 63, no. 2
7 7     Finarte asta 995 [Fontana] (27.11.1996), lot 798
8 8     Berk 170th BBS, 29 July 2010, lot 505
9 9 –10     Ödemiş SNG 234-235
11 11     CGT coll. = Savoca 106 Blue, 26 June 2021, lot 570