RPC I, 3171

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3171
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Acmonea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Servenius Capito (archon for the third time) ; Iulia Severa
Issue First issue
Dating c. AD 55
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design draped bust of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑΣ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Σερουηνίου Καπίτωνος καὶ Ἰουλίας Σεουῆρας Ἀκμονέων
Translation under Servenius Capito and Julia Severa, of the Acmoneans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, with patera and sceptre; in field, crescent and owl
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.24 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 39, Cop 27
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 39
2 2     L BMC 40
3 3     Cop SNG 27
4 4     P: 46
5 5     O
6 6     B: B-I
7 7     C: Leake Suppl.
8 8     V: GR 19697
9 9     Mu: 6a
10 10     NY: 1944.100.49849
11 11     NY: 1944.100.49850
12 12     Waddell List 9 (1985), 164
13 13     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2455
14 14     Naumann 64, 1 Apr. 2018, lot 302
15 15     Freiburg: 13721
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     Boston: 63.2923
18 18     Yothr coll.