RPC I, 3562

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3562
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Poppaea
Issue Series 4: (a) Tavium?
Dating 62/5
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡΩΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΣ
Reverse design draped bust of Poppaea, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Devreker 192, no. 13, cf. 175, no. 16
Specimens 43 (21 in the core collections)
Note A note in P by Seyrig reads, 'ces pièces se rencontrent souvent en Syrie. Peut-être ciliciennes, cfr. RN 1964' (cf. no. 3560). This is probably not a complete listing, since the coins may be housed in very different places in museum collections (e.g., it would be surprising if there were no examples in B, somewhere). Devreker, p. 175, no. 16 (the same coin with ΠΕΣ below the bust of Poppaea) is based only on Mionnet, and is probably a misreading, as there seem to be no letters there. Devreker, p. 192, no. 14 (24mm. ΑΥΤ Κ ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔ ΣΕΒ/ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ) is based only on Mi 4.391.107 and seems most implausible. Van der Dussen 24, 1-2 June 1995, lot 3970 reports a second countermarked example (but unillustrated).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1962,0208.4
2 2     L: G1949
3 3     L: G1216
4 4     L: 1844,1226.446
5 5     L: 1979,0101.2652 ex vA 6117
6 6     L: 1979,0101.2653 ex vA 6118
7 7     P: Ancyra 1973/92
8 8     P: 1965/1072
9 9     P: uncertain
10 10     P: uncertain
11 11     P: uncertain
12 12     P: uncertain
13 13     P: uncertain
14 14     G p. 739
15 15     Mu: Koinon of Galatia 3
16 16     V: Pessinus 20017
17 17     V: Pessinus 30209
18 18     V: uncertain 27335/78
19 19     C: gen.
20 20     NY: 1944.100.62256
21 21     Beirut-AUB
22 22     Harlan Berk 30th Buy or Bid sale 13.2.1984, no. 290
23 23     found at Pessinus = Devreker 200, no. 81
24 24     Hannover
25 25     Hannover
27 27     CGT coll.
28 28     Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 384
29 29     Nomos obolos 8, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 612
30 30     CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 181
31 31     Roma E-Live 1, 25 July 2018, lot 393
32 32     NY: 1977.158.858
33 33     CNG EA 485, 10 Feb. 2021, lot 285
34 34     Münster: M 1341
35 35     ✸ J. Clark coll.
36 36     Boston: 34.1410
37 37     Boston: 64.1433
38 38     MünzZentrum 100 (08/09/1999), 272.
39 39     Private coll.
40 40     CNG 471, 1 July 2020, lot 167 ex CNG 440, 20 March 2019, lot 310
41 41     CNG 532, 8 Feb. 2023, lot 422
42 42     Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 221
43 43     CNG 441, 3 April 2019, lot 286
44 44     CNG 440, 20 March 2019, lot 310