Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0194 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Nero mit Strahlenkrone nach links, trägt Aegis; im Feld links L ΙΔ | Brustbild des Apollon Aktios mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, hinter rechter Schulter Köcher |
| Depicted Person |
Nero (54-68 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the left, seen from front)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Radiant crown (worn)
Aegis - chestplate (worn)
|
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Apollo Aktios (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Chlamys (worn)
Quiver (worn)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΝΕΡΩ(Ν) Κ[ΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑ]ΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΑΥ(ΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) | ΑΚΤΙΟΣ - ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ | ΑΚΤΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram |
in lower left field
:
L ΙΔ
|
- |
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5311 | |
| Reference Literature |
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
57/58 Abbildung 063
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
206
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
716
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.
194
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
120
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
287
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
No.
47
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
11
|
|
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
26f./32f.
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
S.
135f.
|
|
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