RPC I, 2997b

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2997b
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Mindios (strategos for the second time)
Dating c. AD 60
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡωΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΣΤΡΑ, ΤΟ Β (in field)
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, with cantharus and long thyrsus; (at feet, panther)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note Obv. legend anticlockwise starting at 5
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll.
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2186
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 57, 30 May 2019, lot 632
5 5     Rauch EA 12, 23 Mar. 2013, lot 382