Description: Cilicia, Anazarbos, Nero (54 - 68 AD). Struck 67/8 AD. KAICAP NEPΩN; laureate head right, c/m: radiate head right / ETOYC EΠ KAICAPEΩ; Boule seated left, holding dropping pebble in urn at her feet, N CY in ex.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 3,76 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: RPC I 4063; Ziegler 51 (V2/R2); SNG Levante 1368; c/m: Howgego 102 corr. (radiate)

Commentary: green patina, good portrait, reverse slightly off-center

History: Between 64 and 68 AD, a Greek architect Zenodorus built a giant, 30 meters tall statue of Nero - Colossus Neronis, from which the Flavian Amphitheatre acquired ist later name, Colosseum.

Article Number: 019-02-04-41652