As - Nero S C; 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 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	11.95 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 246686
References	RIC I# 474 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.474 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 GER P M TR P IMP

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

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, moving left, holding in both hands shield inscribed S P Q R.

Script: Latin

Lettering: S C

Translation:
Senatus Consultum.
Decree of the senate.

Mint

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

Comments

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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