Roman Imperial coin – HCR21292

Obverse

Inscription:

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

Design:

Head of Nero, laureate, left; small globe at point of neck

Reverse

Inscription:

CONG I DAT POP S C

Design:

Nero, bare-headed and togate, seated right on high platform on left, holding roll in left hand; before him, an official seated right on platform, handing congiarium to togate citizen with small boy behind him; in background, Minerva, standing facing, head left, holding an owl in right hand and spear in left, and Liberalitas on right, holding tessera in right hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Julio-Claudian

Reign

Nero

Person

Nero

Mint

Lugdunum (Lyon)

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 65

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

28.7

Axis

Diameter (mm)

35.5

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1941

Source

Sir Arthur Evans

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

Reference

RIC I (second edition) : 435 var.

Note:

Obverse inscription is NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, not NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P

Contributors to this coin record

friday-volunteer, jmairat, mspencer-brown