Maroneia, Nero, Double unit (CN type 1299)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
54-68 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Maroneia in Thrace under Nero dated 54-68 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1299. Obverse: Radiate head of Nero, left. Reverse: Bust of Dionysus, right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 21–23.5 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.72 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Maroneia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Nero
Design
- Obverse type
- Radiate head of Nero, left.
- Reverse type
- Bust of Dionysus, right.
- Obverse legend
- ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1299
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1299
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 214, nr. 1698-1699
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 316, nr. 1732
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 77, nr. M157
- external concordanceRPC I, 1732
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution