Roman Imperial coin – HCR21204

Obverse

Inscription:

NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P

Design:

Head of Nero, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

ANNONA AVGVST[I C]ERES S C

Design:

Ceres, right, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn-ears and torch, facing Annona, draped, standing right, right hand resting on hip, left holding cornucopiae; in center, modius on garlanded altar; behind, ship's stern

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Julio-Claudian

Reign

Nero

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 64

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

26.63

Axis

Diameter (mm)

35.1

Acquisition method

loan

Acquisition date

18/10/1940

Source

Queen's College

Acquisition credit

Lent by The Queen's College, 1940.

Reference

RIC I (first edition) : 75

Reference

RIC I (second edition) : 139 var.

Note:

Obverse portrait is a head with aegis

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).ner.139

Contributors to this coin record

friday-volunteer, cgallacher, mspencer-brown