Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0157 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Nero mit Strahlenkrone nach rechts | Brustbild der Poppaea nach rechts; im Feld rechts L Ι |
| Depicted Person |
Nero (54-68 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
Poppaea Sabina
(
Augusta
)
|
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Radiant crown (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) ΚΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) - ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΑΥ(ΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) | ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒ[ΑΣΤΗ] |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ | ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
|
Poppaea Augusta
|
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in lower right field
:
L Ι
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5275 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
122/123
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
138-142
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
196
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
734 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.
157
(This sample)
B. Kapossy, Alexandrinische Münzen im Bernischen Historischen Museum, in: Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau 45 (1966), 51-115, Taf. 1-7.
No.
15/16
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
86/87
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
217-221
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
No.
33 vgl. Abbildung 6 und 23
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
10
|
|
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
26f./31
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
S.
134
|
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