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ID:
721153
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
BITHYNIA
City:
Nicomedia
Issuer:
Nero
Date Ruled:
AD 54-68
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
AE 27
Date Struck:
AD circa
Diameter:
27 mm
Weight:
25.10 g
Die Axis:
1 h
Obverse Legend:
ΝΕΡ[]ΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΙΕΙΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ
Obverse Description:
Laureate bust right, aegis at point of bust; c
Reverse Legend:
NEIKOMHDEIA
Reverse Description:
Nero on horseback prancing right; to right, foot soldier advancing right, looking back, holding vexillum over shoulder and shield; [to left, helmeted foot soldier running right](?). m: GALBA within incuse rectangle
Primary Reference:
For coin: RPC I -
Reference2:
C. Howgego, “Greek legends and Roman types: a Neronian Enigma,” SM 35/140 (1985), pp. 88-92
Reference3:
SNG Cop -; Rec Gen -;
Reference4:
SNG VA -; cf. Gorny & Mosch 134 (11 October 2004), lot 1930; for c/m: Howgego 526 (Perinthus)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84921
Grade:
VF, variegated green and brown patina, light smoothing
Notes:
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1153 Extremely rare. This countermark, always carefully placed to obliterate the face of Nero, is found on coins of Moesia (see MacDowell, NC 1960), Perinthus, and Nicomedia.
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