RPC I, 3651

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3651
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 15 mm
Average weight 1.71 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference S 86, Walker 495–6, Ganschow 64
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note AR 85%. 2 coins, 2 obv. dies. On all the other four hemidrachms seen with Mount Argaeus on the rev., the reading of the date is ET I[, leaving open the possibility that pieces may exist for year 11 as well: BMC 14, 1.48; BMC 15, 1.55; B (Löbb), 1.66 and 1.64.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Aufhäuser 6 (1989) lot 318
3 3     L: G.2709 BMC (Greek) 15
4 4     L BMC (Greek) 14
5 5     Henseler 127, ex GM 81, 1997, lot 557
6 6     ✸ Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 479
7 7     R. Effler coll. (ex NSB 2, 2020, lot 430)