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Quadrans P M TR P IMP P P S C

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 62-68
Value 1 Quadrans = ¼ As (1⁄64)
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 1.7 g
Diameter 14 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246460
References RIC I# 251
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.251
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Column bearing helmet; shield depicting a gorgoneion resting on column, right; spear pointing upwards right, behind.

Script: Latin

Lettering: NERO CL CAE AVG

Translation:
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus.
Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Olive-branch, upright; sometimes three dots above.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P IMP P P S C

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae, Senatus Consultum.
High priest, tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator), father of the country. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 1.4–2.33 g;
Diameter varies: 12–15 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (62-68) 

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