Denarius - Nero AVGVSTVS AVGVSTA

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	64-66
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.1 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 246220
References	RIC I# 45, 57 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.45, ric.1(2).ner.57 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Nero, laureate, right, with beard.

Script: Latin

Lettering: NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS

Unabridged legend: Nero Caesar Augustus.

Translation: Nero, Caesar and emperor.

Reverse

Nero, radiate, togate, standing left, holding patera and long sceptre: beside him on right stands Empress, holding patera and cornucopiae.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVGVSTVS AVGVSTA

Unabridged legend: Augustus, Augusta.

Translation: Emperor and empress.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

There is no difference between RIC 45 and RIC 57, except that RIC 57 was struck later (RIC describes RIC 57 as a ‘continuation’ of RIC 45). They are in the same progression as RIC 44 and RIC 56, where the obverse of RIC 56 is a die match with the later VESTA type (RIC 61), and so (according to the hypothesis proposed in RIC) RIC 56 and RIC 57 must have been struck later than RIC 44 and RIC 45. This is also true of RIC 50 and RIC 58.

Mass varies: 2.47–3.332 g; Diameter varies: 17–19.11 mm; Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (64-65)	RIC 45	25%
ND (65-66)	RIC 57	50%

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