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Aureus - Nero PONTIF MAX TR P VI COS IIII P P

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 59-60
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 7.7 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246194
References RIC I# 19
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.1(2).ner.19
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)
, Calicó# 426
Xavier Calicó; 2003. The Roman avrei. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain (2 volumes).

Obverse

Head of Nero, bare, right

Script: Latin

Lettering: NERO CAESAR AVG IMP

Unabridged legend: Nero Caesar Augustus Imperator

Translation: Nero, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator)

Reverse

Legend surrounding oak-wreath enclosing EX S C

Script: Latin

Lettering: PONTIF MAX TR P VI COS IIII P P

Unabridged legend: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas Sexta, Consul Quartus, Pater Patriae

Translation: High priest, tribunician power for the sixth time, consul for the fourth time, father of the country

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 7.62–7.72 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (59-60) 

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