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Object Type
Museum number: G.3199
Denomination: tetradrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate head of Nero, right, with aegis. (obverse); Eagle on thunderbolt, right, dot and palm branch to right. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 62-63
Production place: Minted in: Antiochia ad Orontem
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 13.70 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RPC1 / Roman provincial coinage. Vol.1, From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AD 69) (4184/2); BMC Greek (Galatia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Galatia, Cappadocia and Syria (196, p.175)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; bird; plant
Associated names
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1841
Acquisition notes: No number on Burgon ticket.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G.3199
C&M catalogue number: GC20 (BMC Greek (Galatia)) (175) (196)
Conservation: Treatment: 25 Jan 2012; Treatment: 25 Nov 2004; Treatment: 07 Aug 2001

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