Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ ALSK_0135 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Nero mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Brustbild des Nil nach rechts, über linker Schulter Lotusblüte und Papyrusstengel, vor ihm Füllhorn; im Feld rechts L Ι |
| Depicted Person |
Nero (54-68 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Nile (in portrait, holding, wearing)
Lotus (bud) (worn)
Taenia (worn)
Himation (worn)
Lotus (bud) (held)
Reed (papyrus) (held)
Cornucopia (right)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΝΕΡΩ(Ν) ΚΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙ(ΣΑΡ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) | ΑΥΤΟ-ΚΡΑ(ΤΩΡ) |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ | ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
|
Imperator
|
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in right field
:
L Ι
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5273 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
241
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.
156
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
216
(Comparable)
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