Alexandria: Nero (54-68 AD) [ AL_0209 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Nero mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Apis-Stier steht nach rechts, davor ägyptischer Altar; im Feld oben L ΙΔ |
| Depicted Person |
Nero (54-68 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Apis bull (standing, to the right, wearing)
Disc (worn)
Altar - Egyptian (right)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΝΕΡΩ(Ν) ΚΛΑΥ(ΔΙΟΣ) ΚΑΙ-Σ(ΑΡ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡ(ΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΑΥ(ΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in upper field
:
L ΙΔ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC I 5323 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
182
(Comparable: Legendenende)
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
293
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
663 Taf. 14
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.
209
(This sample)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
306a
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.
|
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