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As - Nero ARA PACIS S C

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 62-68
Value 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 9.3 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246670
References RIC I# 458
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.458
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Nero, bare, right; small globe at point of neck.

Script: Latin

Lettering: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P

Translation:
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator Primus.
Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator) for the first time.

Reverse

Altar with decorated panels and ornamented top, and central double doors.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ARA PACIS S C

Translation:
Ara Pacis, Senatus Consultum.
Altar of peace. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Mass varies: 8.73–10.81 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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