RPC I, 4303B

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4303B
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 Im(perator) Ner(o) Clau(dius) Caesar
Translation Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, right; in front, simpulum
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΚΕϹΤΙΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕ ΕΤ ΕΙΡ
Edition 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 31 mm
Average weight 12.98 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 294A
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 294A (illustrated on p. 145)