Sestertius - Nero S C; Mars, Pax, and Victory
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 62-68 |
| Value | 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 26.2 g |
| Diameter | 34.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 246353 |
| References | RIC I# 147 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.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck.
Script: Latin
Lettering: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
Translation:
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae.
Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator), father of the country.
Reverse
View of triumphal arch, showing front and left hand side; above, the Emperor in a quadriga escorted by Victory; arch is heavily ornamented and decorated with statues of Pax, Mars and two soldiers.
Script: Latin
Lettering: S C
Translation:
Senatus Consultum.
Decree of the senate.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
Mass varies: 21.09–28.39 g;
Diameter varies: 33–36 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Diameter varies: 33–36 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (62-68) | |||||||||||||||
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