Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ ALSK_0152 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Nero mit Strahlenkrone nach rechts, trägt Aegis | Adler steht mit geschlossenen Flügeln nach links, über rechter Schulter Palmzweig; im Feld links L ΙΑ; im Feld rechts Simpulum; im Feld links L IB |
| Depicted Person |
Nero (54-68 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Radiant crown (worn)
Aegis - chestplate (worn)
|
Eagle (standing, to the left, wings folded, holding)
Branch - palm (held)
Simpulum (right)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΝΕΡΩ(Ν) ΚΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙ]Σ(ΑΡ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) | ΑΥ-ΤΟΚΡΑ(ΤΩΡ) |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ | ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
|
Imperator
|
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in left field
:
L ΙΒ
in right field
:
Simpulum
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5288 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
272
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.
171
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
246
(Comparable)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
247
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