Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0171 ]
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) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) | ΑΥ-[Τ]Ο-ΚΡΑ(ΤΩΡ) |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ | ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
|
Imperator
|
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in left field
:
L ΙΒ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5288 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
168
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
101/102
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
272
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
703
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
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
98
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
246/247
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
No.
38
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./32
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
S.
134f.
|
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