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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     192159      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Provincial Region:     EGYPT City:     Alexandria Issuer:     Nero Date Ruled:     AD 54-68 Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Dichalkon Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 63 - 64 Diameter:     12 mm Weight:     0.92 g Obverse Description:     Anepigraphic; laureate head right; L I (date) across field Reverse Legend:     L I Reverse Description:     Large I within wreath Primary Reference:     cf. KÖln 215 Reference2:     cf. RPC I 5262 Reference3:     cf. Dattari 283 Reference4:     Milne - Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=47478 Grade:     Choice VF Notes:     Rare this nice with clear regnal date. While the major references have assigned this coin to Nero, the portrait does not apparently conform to the date. Unlike these published examples, our coin clearly displays the regnal year and should place it into the final half-decade of Nero's reign. By this time, however, his portraits on imperial issues display increasingly corpulent features; this coin shows a markedly younger and leaner, more Claudian man. One possibility is that this coin represents Nero upon his adoption as Claudius' heir in 50 AD, a date which would conform to Claudius regnal year 10 (49/50 AD), and could be supported by the presence of the wreath on the reverse. The significence regarding the large "I", however, remains for further study.

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