Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0204 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Nero mit Strahlenkrone nach links, trägt Aegis; im Feld links [L Ι]Δ | Brustbild des Poseidon Isthmios nach rechts, hinter rechter Schulter Dreizack; 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)
Poseidon Isthmios (in portrait, holding, wearing)
Taenia (worn)
Himation (worn)
Trident (held)
Star (right)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΝΕΡΩ(Ν) ΚΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑ]ΙΣ(ΑΡ) - ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΑΥ(ΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) | ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩ[Ν ΙΣΘΜΙΟΣ] |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ | ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ ΙΣΘΜΙΟΣ |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
|
- |
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5316 (Orthographie der Rückseiten-Legende) | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
136/137 Taf. 2
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
152
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
244
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
721
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.
204
(This sample)
B. Kapossy, Alexandrinische Münzen im Bernischen Historischen Museum, in: Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau 45 (1966), 51-115, Taf. 1-7.
No.
38
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
118
(Comparable)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
298/299
M. Sadek, On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero, Phoenix 20 (1966), 131-147.
No.
50 Abbildung 35
(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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