Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0138 ]
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Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Nero mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Brustbild der Oktavia nach rechts; im Feld rechts L Ε |
| Depicted Person |
Nero (54-68 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
Claudia Octavia
(
Augusta
)
|
| 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, bare-headed)
Ruler (female) (in portrait, wearing)
Chiton (worn)
Himation (worn)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΝΕΡΩ(Ν) ΚΛ]ΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) - ΣΕ[Β]Α(ΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) [ΑΥΤΟ(ΚΡΑΤΩΡ)] | ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ - ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ[Υ] |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ | ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
|
Octavia Augusti
|
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in right field
:
L Ε
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5232 | |
| Reference Literature |
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
137
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
192
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
732
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.
138
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
67
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
169
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
No.
22
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
9
|
|
| Commentary | gefüttert | |
| 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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