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Sestertius - Nero ADLOCVT COH 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 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 29.2 g
Diameter 36 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246702
References RIC I# 490
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.490
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P

Translation:
Imperator Nero Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Pater Patriae.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Nero Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power, father of the country.

Reverse

Nero, bare-headed and togate, standing, left, with praetorian prefect on platform, raising right hand to three soldiers; foremost carries standards; behind, battlemented structure above pillared building.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ADLOCVT COH S C

Translation:
Adlocutio Cohortium, Senatus Consultum.
Speech to the cohorts. Decree of the senate.

Mint

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

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Sestertius - Nero (ADLOCVT COH S C)
Bertolami Fine Arts
Auction 15
Lot 548
Internet Archive
27 Apr 2015 XF USD 11 536.75
(EUR 10 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Sestertius - Nero (ADLOCVT COH S C)
CNG
Triton XXVIII
Lot 663
Internet Archive
14 Jan 2025 VF USD 7000.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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