Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0132 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Nero mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Agathodaimon-Schlange nach rechts, trägt Skhent, umschlingt rechts und links Ähre und Mohnkugel; im Feld rechts L Ε |
| Depicted Person |
Nero (54-68 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Serpent - Agathodaimon (to the right, holding, wearing)
Pschent (worn)
Ear(s) of corn (held)
Poppy (held)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑ[ΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΣΕΒΑ(ΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΑΥΤΟ(ΚΡΑΤΩΡ)] | ΝΕ[Ο(Σ) ΑΓΑΘ(Ο)ΔΑΙΜ(ΩΝ)] |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ | ΝΕΟ ΑΓΑΘΔΑΙΜ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in right field
:
L Ε
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5249 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
174
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
31/32
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
267
(Comparable: Vorderseiten-Legende)
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
679
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.
132
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
85
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
193
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
No.
14
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
9
|
|
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
26f./28f.
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
S.
133
|
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