cn type 6446
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cn type 6446

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Sestos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

54-68 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
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ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Bare-headed bust of Nero, left, wearing paludamentum.
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Reverse
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ϹΗϹΤΙΩΝ
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Sitter: Nero 🔍  

Metrology
Material
Diameter
Max: 20 mm / Min: 17 mm
Average Weight
4.72 g (10x)
Axes
6 (2x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Burnett et al., RPC I: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. I: From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius: 44 BC-AD 69, London [u.a.] 1992 p. 318, nr. 1744  (c. AD 50-54) 

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 320, nr. 2974

Fox, Two numismatic puzzles from 1st century Sestus, 2015 p. 39

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1744

editions

cn.sestus.1_ed.78  🔍

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cn type 6446, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6446 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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