Dupondius - 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 Dupondius = ⅛ Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 14.2 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 246576 |
| References | RIC I# 365 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, radiate, right.
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, left hand holding spear, right holding wreath; various arms around.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ROMA S C
Translation:
Roma, Senatus Consultum.
Rome. Decree of the senate.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
Mass varies: 14.01–14.36 g;
Diameter varies: 28–30 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Diameter varies: 28–30 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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