RPC I, 4303A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4303A
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Cestius Gallus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue year 115 (ƐΙΡ)
Dating AD 66/7
Obverse inscription IM NER CLAV CAESAR
Edition Imperator Nero Claudius Caesar Im(perator) Ner(o) Clau(dius) Caesar
Translation Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right; in front, serpent
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΚΕϹΤΙΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕ ΕΤ ΕΙΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Γαίου Κεστίου Ἀντιοχέων ἔτους ειρʹ ἐπὶ Γαίου Κεστίου Ἀντιοχέ(ων) ἔτ(ους) ειρʹ
Translation under Gaius Cestius, of the Antiochenes, of year 115
Reverse design inscription in a laurel wreath of eight leaves
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.29 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 294
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Nomos obolos 14, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 399
2 2     ✸ CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 722 (ex Superior, 9 Dec. 1989, lot 2827)
3 3     CNG EA 419, 25 Apr. 2018, lot 306