Sestertius - Nero CONG I DAT POP S C; Minerva and Liberalitas
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 62-68 |
| Value | 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 27.7 g |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 246360 |
| References | RIC I# 154 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
Nero, bare-headed and togate, seated right, on platform, left; official seated right on another platform extending congiarium to citizen with small boy behind him; Minerva, head left, holding owl and spear, and Liberalitas on right, holding tessera.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CONG I DAT POP S C
Translation:
Congiarium Primum Datum Populo, Senatus Consultum.
The first congiarium (distribution of money to the civilians) given to the people. Decree of the senate.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
Mass varies: 25.21–30.08 g;
Diameter varies: 34–36 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Diameter varies: 34–36 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (62-68) | |||||||||||||||
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