RPC I, 3013

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3013
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Maeonia
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Menekrates
Dating c. AD 65
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Νέρων Καῖσαρ
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ ΕΠ ΤΙ ΚΛ ΜΕΝΕΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ
Edition Μαιόνων ἐπ(ὶ) Τι(βερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Μενεκράτους
Translation of the Maeonians, under Tiberius Claudius Menekrates
Reverse design facing cult statue of goddess holding torches
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.91 g
Axis 12
Reference Cop 234
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die as 3011/16, 3012/1. 6: same obv. die as 3011/2.
Note The type has been interpreted as Hekate (Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 176) and Artemis Anaitis (BMC). The letter forms Ɛ and Ϲ also occur.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 242/1875
2 2     B: B-I
3 3     L: 1840,1226.465
4 4     Cop SNG 234
5 5     Mu: 9
6 6     JSW
7 7     I-B = KM 176, no. 1, with Taf. VI.7
8 8     ✸ CGT coll. (ex Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 518; Naumann 48, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 370)
9 9     CGT coll.