Roman Imperial coin – HCR88424

Obverse

Inscription:

NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERM COS DESIGNATI

Design:

Bust of Nero, bare-headed, draped, right

Reverse

Inscription:

EQVESTER ORDO PRINCIPI IVVENT

Design:

Legend in four lines on shield; behind, vertical spear

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Julio-Claudian

Reign

Claudius I

Person

Nero

Mint

Lugdunum (Lyon)

Denomination

denarius

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 50 – 54

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.01

Axis

Diameter (mm)

19.4

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

L. A. Lawrence Collection

Acquisition date

29/1/1954

Source

Schulman, Amsterdam (per L. S. Forrer); H. P. Hall; L. A. Lawrence

Acquisition credit

Purchased from Schulman, Amsterdam, 1954.

Acquisition note

£ (GBP)

plated

Reference

RIC I (first edition) : 96

Reference

RIC I (second edition) : 79 var.

Note:

Irregular reverse inscription: DESIGNATI (see RIC I (2nd Ed.), p.125, n.79).

Reference

Butcher, Kevin, and Ponting, Matthew - 2014 - The metallurgy of Roman silver coinage : from the reform of Nero to the reform of Trajan : pp.175-201

Note:

Mint re-attributed from Rome to Lugdunum.

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski