Sestertius - Nero ROMA S C; Roma
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 |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 246568 |
| References | RIC I# 357 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, left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P XIII P P
Translation:
Imperator Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas Tertia Decima, Pater Patriae.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Nero Claudius Caesar, emperor (Augustus), victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power for the 13th time, father of the country.
Reverse
Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass, holding spear in right hand, and resting left on shield; various arms around.
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)
The British Museum notes that "RIC I erroneously lists [a coin with reference] BMC 119 as an example of RIC 357 (p.171), with Roma seated left, rather than RIC 359 (p.172), with Roma seated right." RIC therefore does not have an example of RIC 357.
The British Museum notes that "RIC I erroneously lists [a coin with reference] BMC 119 as an example of RIC 357 (p.171), with Roma seated left, rather than RIC 359 (p.172), with Roma seated right." RIC therefore does not have an example of RIC 357.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (62-68) | |||||||||||||||
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