Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0197 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Nero mit Strahlenkrone nach links, trägt Aegis; im Feld links L ΙΔ | Brustbild des Apollon Pythios 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 Pythios (Delphi) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Chiton (worn)
Quiver (worn)
Star (right)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΝΕΡΩ(Ν) Κ[Λ]ΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΑΥ(ΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) | ΠΥΘΙΟΣ - ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ | ΠΥΘΙΟΣ 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 5318 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
143
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
64
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
210
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.
197
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
119
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
304/305
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
No.
48 Abbildung 33
(Comparable)
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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