Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0196 ]
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; im Feld rechts Stern |
| 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)
Star (right)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΝΕΡ]Ω(Ν) ΚΛ[ΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΑΥ(ΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ)] | ΑΚΤΙΟΣ - ΑΠΟΛ[ΛΩΝ] |
| 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 5317 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
144 Taf. 3
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
59-62 Abbildung 064
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
207 Taf. 9
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
717
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.
196
(This sample)
B. Kapossy, Alexandrinische Münzen im Bernischen Historischen Museum, in: Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau 45 (1966), 51-115, Taf. 1-7.
No.
39
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
121 Taf. 85, 25
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
300/301
(vgl. 302/303)
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
No.
47
(Comparable)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
11
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| 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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