RPC I, 3637

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3637
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippina II
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMANI
Edition Nero Claud(ius) Divi Claud(ii) Caesar Aug(ustus) Germani(cus)
Translation Nero Claudius, son of the divine Claudius, Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription AGRIPPINA AVGVSTA MATER AVGVSTI
Edition Agrippina Augusta Mater Augusti
Translation Agrippina Augusta, mother of Augustus
Reverse design draped bust of Agrippina, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.58 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 54b
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note AR 90%. 4 coins, 4 obv. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1938,0611.1
2 2     NY: 1944.100.55167 ex Caesarea 1906 hoard
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     V: GR 39142 Bachofen
5 5     ✸ C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. (ex Trau 359 (Hess, 22 May 1935 = Niggeler 659 (Bank Leu/M&M, 21 Oct 1961) = Kovacs IX, 21 Nov. 1988, Lot 192 = CNG 51, 15 Sep. 1999, lot 965 = CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 955 = CNG Triton XXIV, 19 Jan. 2021, lot 139 (Merani) = Leu WA 28, 10 Dec. 2023, Lot 2426 = Banti-Simonetti, CNR 16, 73)
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 80, 4 Feb 2021, lot 728 ex Roma Numismatics EA 71, 28 May 2020, lot 706
7 7     CNG 511, 9 March 2022, lot 243
8 8     CNG 512, 23 March 2022, lot 388