Semis - Nero PONTIF MAX TR POT IMP P P S C; Roma
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 Semis = ½ As (1⁄32) |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 5.1 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 246637 |
| References | RIC I# 425 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, bare, left; small globe at point of neck.
Script: Latin
Lettering: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS
Translation:
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), victor over the Germans.
Reverse
Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass, holding wreath and parazonium; behind, various arms.
Script: Latin
Lettering: PONTIF MAX TR POT 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
Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)Comments
Mass varies: 4.97–5.25 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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