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ID number:  BIRBI-R0970
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Nero; Lugdunum
Denomination:  Dupondius
Place made:  Lyons
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 62-68
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.90
Weight (g):  11.07
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1050. W. S. Lincoln, 1928.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Nero, bare, facing r.; small globe at point of neck. Reverse: Altar with decorated panels and ornamented top, and central double doors. S - C in field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: NERO CLΛVD CΛESΛR ΛVG GER P M TR P IMP P P (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, pontifex maximus, tribune, Emperor, father of the fatherland). Reverse: ARΛ PΛCIS (altar to Pax).

Bibliography:  RIC I 2nd ed. 460

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Nero
Roman
37
68
Lugdunum
Roman


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