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Tetradrachm - Nero

Features

Issuer Uncertain Cretan city (Cyrenaica and Crete)
Emperor Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 54-68
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 8.55 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
531963
References RPC Online I# 974
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)
, SvoronosCr# 35
Ioannis Nikolaus Svoronos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France.

Obverse

Bare head of Nero right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ(Α) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙ)

Unabridged legend: Νέρων Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβα(στὸς) Γερμανι(κός)

Translation: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

Reverse

Zeus wearing himation, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, left; in field, seven stars and eagle to left.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Tetradrachm - Nero Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm - Nero
© British Museum, 1947,0606.691
8.4 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Tetradrachm - Nero Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm - Nero
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, 1984/1127
25 mm8.75 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Tetradrachm - Nero Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm - Nero
© The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Leake 8897
8.34 g 6h (see more)
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