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Æ27 - Nero Μ ΑΝΤ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
| Issuer | Olba (Cilicia) |
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| Year | 54-68 |
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| Weight | 13.75 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, laureate bust of Emperor Nero facing right, rendered in a robust provincial style with slightly idealized features. The portrait displays characteristic Neronian physiognomy with a thick neck and curled hair. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy, reading in accusative form as an honorific dedication. The flan is slightly irregular, typical of provincial Cilician bronze coinage of the mid-first century AD. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝΕΡΩΝΑ ΤΟΝ ΕΥΕΡΓ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ ΚΑΙϹ (Translation: for Emperor Nero the benefactor Augustus Caesar) |
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Olba was a dynastic temple-state in rugged Cilicia Tracheia whose priestly rulers claimed descent from Ajax, son of Teucer, and had governed the surrounding territory for generations before Rome formalized their client status. Polemo II — the king named on this coin — was the last of the line, holding both the priesthood and a Roman-sanctioned kingship simultaneously. When Nero incorporated Pontus into the province following Polemo's abdication around 64 AD, the Olban royal mint effectively ceased, making issues from this narrow window increasingly scarce.