Dupondius - Nero ROMA S C; Roma 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 Dupondius = ⅛ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 246506
References	RIC I# 295 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.295 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Nero, radiate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: NERO CLAVD 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

Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass, holding Victory in right hand and in left a vertical spear against round shield; around and behind are various arms.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ROMA S C

Translation:
Roma, Senatus Consultum.
Rome. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (62-68)

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