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ed3719

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Nero dual busts provincial help needed
« on: August 19, 2009, 07:01:49 pm »
Hello!

I need help identifying a AE20 provincial coin of Nero.  It has facing busts of Nero (facing right) and another (facing left).  It is uncertain if the second bust is a young woman or man (possibly Statilia Messalina or Britannicus).  The closest thing I can find is a dual bust of Nero and Stalilia Messalina from Hypaipa, Lydia (RPC I, 2545):  http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1980

The obverse of this coin has an inscription around the rim that is illegible, but the letter N between the two busts.  Unlike the RPC I, 2545 coin, Nero is on the right, not the left.  It also has a statue of the Ephesian Artemis on the reverse, but has an illegible inscription around the rim rather than in the field as the RPC I, 2545 coin shows.  Is this a variant of Nero and Statilia Messalina from Hypaipa?  Or is it something else.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Edward
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Re: Nero dual busts provincial help needed
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2009, 08:37:55 am »
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ed3719

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Re: Nero dual busts provincial help needed
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2009, 09:12:10 am »
Thanks Archivum!

I was just about to post that I had found it.  It's good to get a second verification.

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Edward
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