Semis - Nero CER QVINQ ROMAE CON S C
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 | 6.82 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 246775 |
| References | RIC I# 563 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: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONTIF
Translation:
Imperator Nero Caesar Augustus, Pontifex [Maximus].
Supreme commander (Imperator) Nero Caesar, emperor (Augustus), [high] priest.
Reverse
Table decorated with two sphinxes or gryphons confronting; on top, urn and wreath; round shield resting on leg.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CER QVINQ ROMAE CON S C
Translation:
Certamen Quinquennale Romae Constitum, Senatus Consultum.
The establishment of the Roman Quinquennial (Neronia) games. Decree of the senate.
Mint
Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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