Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ ALSK_0126 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Nero mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Demeter steht von vorn, Kopf nach links, in der Rechten Ähren, die Linke auf langen Stab gestützt; im Feld links L Ϛ |
| Depicted Person |
Nero (54-68 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Demeter (standing, to the left, holding, wearing)
Himation - as a veil (worn)
Chiton (worn)
Ear(s) of corn (held)
Poppy (held)
Torch (held, flaming)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΝΕΡΩΝ Κ]ΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) - Σ[Ε]ΒΑ(ΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΑΥ[ΤΟ(ΚΡΑΤΩΡ)] | ΔΗ-ΜΗ-[Τ]ΕΡ |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ | ΔΗΜΗΤΕΡ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in lower left field
:
L Ϛ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5255 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
221
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.
143
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
197
(Comparable)
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