Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ ALSK_0107 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Nero mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Roma sitzt nach links, auf der Rechten Victoria, hält mit der Linken Schwert; im Feld rechts L Γ |
| Depicted Person |
Nero (54-68 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Roma (seated on, to the left, holding, wearing)
Helmet (worn)
Chiton (worn)
Himation (worn)
Parazonium (held)
Victoria / Nike (as a statue(tte), held, holding, wearing)
Laurel wreath (held)
Branch - palm (held)
Throne (underlying)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΝΕΡ(ΩΝ)] ΚΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) - ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) Γ[ΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΑΥΤΟ(ΚΡΑΤΩΡ)] | im Feld [Ρ]Ω-ΜΗ |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ | ΡΩΜΗ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in lower right field
:
L Γ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5209 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
247
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. I (Augustus – Trajan Nr. 1-740), Opladen 1974.
No.
126
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
140
(Comparable)
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