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ID number: BIRBI-R0962 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Pears, G. B. Maker: Nero; Claudius; Caesarea Cappadociae Denomination: Hemidrachm Place made: Kayseri Culture: Roman Date made: AD 59-60 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.66 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 4068. A. H. Baldwin 1965, ex Col. G. B. Pears Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Nero, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Victory, draped, seated facing r. on globe, holding wreath in both hands.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CΛBSAR ΛVC.C▪RMΛNI NFRO cLΛVD.DIVI... (Nero Claudius, Son of the Divine Claudius, Caesar Augustus Germanicus). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 617
Notes: Uncertain date - attributed to Corbulo's Armenian conquest.
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