Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0147 ]
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Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Nero mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Brustbild der Octavia nach rechts; im Feld rechts L Ϛ |
| 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) | ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) - ΣΕΒΑ(ΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) [ΑΥΤΟ(ΚΡΑΤΩΡ)] | ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ - [Σ]ΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ | ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
|
Octavia Augusti
|
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in right field
:
L Ϛ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5252 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
193
(Comparable: Vorderseiten-Legende)
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
733 Taf. 14
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.
147
(This sample)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
196
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.
134
|
|
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