RPC I, 1961

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1961
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Latin coinage of Thrace and Bithynia
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Obverse inscription NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P
Edition Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator Pater Patriae Nero Claudius Caesar Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) Imp(erator) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanics chief priest, with tribunician power, Emperor, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right
Reverse inscription DECVRSIO S C
Edition Decursio Senatus Consulto Decursio S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Cavalry exercise, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Nero on horseback, right, holding spear; behind, soldier advancing right; before, soldier advancing right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.12 g
Axis 7, 12
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note Specimen 5 has a countermark that suggests Nicomedia. The reverse is reminiscent of similar coins with Greek inscriptions (RPC I, 2103-4).
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 216
2 2     CNG EA 424, 11 July 2018, lot 451 = CNG EA 470, 17 June 2020, lot 283
3 3     CNG EA 471, 1 July 2020, lot 246 (ex CNG 42, 29 May 1997, lot 840; CNG EA 93, 7 July 2004, lot 80; CNG 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 858)
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 2284
5 5     O Rauch 71, 28 Apr. 2003, lot 551
6 6     F. Vink coll. (ex CNG EA 128, 7 Dec. 2005, lot 299)
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 458, 18 Dec. 2019, lot 337
8 8     Mark Thomas coll. (ex Bucephalus Black Auction 12, 19 Nov. 2022, lot 1152)