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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R0974 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Nero; Rome Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 63 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 15.38 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 2575. ex. Sir Charles Oman collection, 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Nero, wearing radiate crown and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Inscription to l. and r. of frontal view of the Macellum Magnum, its domed central section (in two storeys and approachable by steps) flanked by two-storied wings of unequal height, with porticoes; above the steps in the centre, male figure standing facing l., l hand holding long sceptre. Inscriptions: Obverse: NERO CLAVD GAESAR.AVG GER P M TR Γ JMP Γ P (Nero Claudius, Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune, Imperator, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: MAC AVC S C (The Macellum of Augustus, S C; translation disputed). Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 109.
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Nero Roman 37 68 | |
| Oman, Charles British 12 January 1860 23 June 1946 | |
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