RPC I, 1207b

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1207b
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Nero (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Ventidius Fronto (duovir)
Dating AD 66–7
Obverse inscription NERO CAESAR
Edition Nero Caesar
Translation Nero Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Nero, left
Reverse inscription P VE(N) FRONTONE (or FRONTONE) IIVIR
Edition P(ublio) Ven(tidio) Frontone IIvir(o)
Translation under Publius Ventidius Fronto, duovir
Reverse design Nero standing left, holding patera; behind him, Tyche turreted crowning him with right hand, holding cornucopias in left
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.02 g
Axis 3, 9, 10
Reference Amandry pp. 222, XXXIII7-12
Specimens 16 (1 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 25, 25 Sept. 2016, lot 179 (ex Lanz 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 479) = Amandry XXXIII8 b2
2 2     Roma Numismatics EA 105, 19 Jan. 2023, lot 573 (ex Inasta Spa, E-Auction 98, 28 Feb. 2022, lot 528)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.38505 Amandry XXXIII7 b1 2
4 4 –16     Amandry XXXIII7-12, p. 223