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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2712A json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 2712A |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Miletus |
Region | Ionia |
City | Miletus |
Reign | Nero |
Person (obv.) | Nero (Augustus) |
Magistrate | Tiberius Claudius Damas |
Obverse inscription | ΝΕΡΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ |
Edition | Νέρων Σεβαστός |
Translation | Nero Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Nero, left |
Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΔΑΜΑ ΜΙΛΗΤΟΣ |
Edition | ἐπὶ Τι(βερίου) Δαμᾶ Μιλήτου |
Translation | under Tiberius Damas, of Miletus |
Reverse design | hero Miletos with aphlaston and spear standing left; foot on prow; river-god behind |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average weight | 13.00 g |
Specimens | 4 (0 in the core collections) |
Note | The attribution to Miletus rests on the style and, particularly, the name of the magistrate. See L. Robert, Hautes Etudes Numismatiques. Monnaies Grecques (1967), pp. 47-52 for Damas and his interest in the restoration of old cults and customs. |
Addition | Additional coin-type (post publication) |