Sestertius - Nero PORT AVG S C; Neptune and Tiber

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 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	28.66 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 246799
References	RIC I# 587 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.587 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 P 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

View of the harbor at Ostia; Statue of Neptune set on pharos, above; Tiber reclining left, below.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PORT AVG S C

Translation:
Portus Augusti, Senatus Consultum.
Port of the emperor (Augustus). 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
Undetermined
ND (62-68)

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