RPC I, 3649

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3649
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMA
Edition Nero Claud(ius) Divi Claud(ii) Caesar Aug(ustus) Germa(nicus)
Translation Nero Claudius, son of the divine Claudius, Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤ Ι
Edition ἔτ(ους) ιʹ
Translation year 10
Reverse design Mount Argaeus surmounted by naked and radiate figure, holding globe and sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.37 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference S 85, Ganschow 63
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 6: same obv. die. 4–5: same obv. die.
Note AR 79%. 8 coins, 5 obv. dies. The variant legend ending GERM was recorded by Sydenham (S 85), but a clear specimen has not been observed.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 248
2 2     SNC, Mar. 1971, 2699A
3 3     L: 1979,0101.1106 vA 6361
4 4     NY: 1944.100.55172 ex Sydenham 32 = Hess-Leu, Apr. 1936, 32
5 5     B: Rauch
6 6     Cop SNG 184
7 7     Ball VI, 573
8 8     Hess-Leu, Apr. 1936, 31
9 9     Henseler 126, ex Emporium 43, 2000, lot 144
10 10     Roma Numismatics EA 62, 17 Oct. 2019, lot 628
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     Bochum: M 1996
13 13     ✸ Collin Donald coll.