Neron, Roman Emperor

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

2.07 cm

2.07 cm

5.50 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
13.95	-	-	CPAI III/1	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Athena / Minerva	Relief				Head

CPAI III/1: Square in form. On the obverse, in relief, bust of Athena to left; wearing Corinthian helmet; in the field to left, Christogram and to right, B; alongside the edge is an inscription which may reads ΤΗC? ΝΕΡΩΝ CEB. The mass corresponds to a two aureus (aureus of 7.05 g). The reverse is blank. While chris. denotes to gold coin, B denotes to two. But it needs a further study epigraphically.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Incised	Authority, Date, Denomination

B
ΤΗC? ΝΕΡΩΝ CEB

GREEK , ROMAN

CPAI III/1: Roman Imperial Period.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	Dec. 31, 2005	PMA 1045

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Kürkman 2003	None	10	None	None
CPAI III/1	None	620	148	None

CPAI III/1: Eastern Mediterranean/Aegean. See also for CHRISTOG, Pink 1938, col. 29; Davidson 1952, no. 1587;
Kisch 1965, p. 154; Houben 1982, p. 135 and 137, nos. 67-68; Gurulyova 1999, nos. 17-18; CPAI II, no. 94.