Dupondius - Nero SECVRITAS AVGVSTI S C; Securitas
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 | 10.4 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 246733 |
| References | RIC I# 521 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, laureate, left; small globe at point of neck.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P 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
Securitas, bare to waist, seated right, on throne, resting head against right hand and holding short sceptre in left; in front, lighted and garlanded altar, on which leans lighted torch resting on a bucranium.
Script: Latin
Lettering: SECVRITAS AVGVSTI S C
Translation:
Securitas Augusti, Senatus Consultum.
Safety of the emperor (Augustus). Decree of the senate.
Mint
Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)Comments
Mass varies: 9.85–10.96 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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