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The Roman Collection of the Ashmolean Museum is one of the most important in the world with approximately 50,000 coins. The collection is very rich for all periods, from the early Roman Republic to the fall of the Roman Empire. Of particular strength is the exceptional coverage for the third and the fourth centuries AD. The collection contains more than 700 gold coins, most of them of astonishing quality, including the coins bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans. The collection is used worldwide as one of the ‘core collections’ for most research projects.

Roman Imperial coin (HCR88672)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Dating

c. AD 62

Obverse

NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, bare, left

Reverse

Nero as Apollo Citharoedus, laureate, advancing right, playing lyre

Roman Imperial coin (HCR88673)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Dating

c. AD 62

Obverse

NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, bare, right

Reverse

Nero as Apollo Citharoedus, laureate, advancing right, playing lyre

Roman Imperial coin (HCR88683)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Lugdunum (Lyon)

Denom.

Semis

Dating

AD 62 – 66

Obverse

NERO CLAV CAESAR AVG, Head of Nero, laureate, right; small globe at point of neck

Reverse

CER QVINQ ROM CON S C / CER QVINQ ROMAE CON S C, Table decorated with two sphinxes or gryphons confronting; on top, urn and wreath; round shield resting on leg

Roman Imperial coin (HCR88701)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Semis

Dating

c. AD 62

Obverse

NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, laureate, right

Reverse

CERTAMEN QVINQ [ROM CO], Table decorated with two sphinxes or gryphons confronting; on top, urn and wreath; round shield resting on leg

Roman Imperial coin (HCR88710)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Quadrans

Dating

c. AD 62

Obverse

NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG, Column bearing helmet; shield depicting a gorgoneion resting on column, right; spear pointing upwards right, behind

Reverse

GER PON MAX TR P IMP P P, Olive-branch, upright

Roman Imperial coin (HCR21206)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Dating

AD 63

Obverse

NERO CLAVDIVS CAE[SAR] AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, laureate, left

Reverse

[A]NNONA AVGVSTI CERE[S], 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

Roman Imperial coin (HCR21207)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Dating

AD 63

Obverse

NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P, Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck

Reverse

ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES, 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

Roman Imperial coin (HCR21212)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Dating

AD 63

Obverse

NERO CLAVDIV[S] CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P, Head of Nero, laureate, right

Reverse

CONG II DAT POP, Nero, bare-headed and togate, seated left on low platform on right, right hand extended; praefectus annonae standing behind; in front, attendant, standing left, giving tessera to a citizen, standing right, with fold of toga extended; in background, Minerva, standing facing, head left, holding an owl in right hand and spear in left; flat-roofed tetrastyle building to left

Roman Imperial coin (HCR21223)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Dating

AD 63

Obverse

NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck

Reverse

DECVRSIO, Nero, bare-headed, cuirassed, cloak flying behind, prancing right on horseback carrying spear at rest in right hand; in front of him, advancing right, looking back left, a foot soldier holding vexillum over right shoulder and shield in left hand; behind him a second soldier, helmeted, running right

Roman Imperial coin (HCR21224)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Dating

AD 63

Obverse

NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, laureate, left

Reverse

Roman Imperial coin (HCR21225)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Dating

AD 63

Obverse

NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck

Reverse

Roman Imperial coin (HCR21226)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Dating

AD 63

Obverse

NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck

Reverse

Roman Imperial coin (HCR21227)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Dating

AD 63

Obverse

[N]ERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck

Reverse

Roman Imperial coin (HCR88533)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Lugdunum (Lyon)

Denom.

denarius

Dating

AD 63 – 64

Obverse

NERO CAESAR AVG IMP, Head of Nero, bare, right

Reverse

[P]ONTIF MAX TR P X COS IIII P P EX S C, Virtus, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, right foot on helmet among shield, holding long spear in left hand and parazonium in his right hand and resting it on right knee

Roman Imperial coin (HCR88534)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Lugdunum (Lyon)

Denom.

Aureus

Dating

AD 63 – 64

Obverse

NERO CAESAR AVG IMP, Head of Nero, bare, right

Reverse

PONTIF MAX TR P X COS IIII P P EX S C, Virtus, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, right foot on helmet among shield, holding long spear in left hand and parazonium in his right hand and resting it on right knee

Roman Imperial coin (HCR88621)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Nero

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Dupondius

Dating

c. AD 63

Obverse

NERO CLAVD [CAE]SAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, radiate, left

Reverse

[SECVRITAS] AVGVSTI, Securitas, bare to waist, seated right, on throne, resting head against right hand and holding short sceptre in left; in front, lighted and garlanded altar, on which leans lighted torch resting on a bucranium