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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R0983
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey Colton; Webb, Percy H.; Carfrae, Robert; Weber, Hermann
Maker:  Nero; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 62
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.85
Weight (g):  25.56
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2023. A. H. Baldwin 1942, ex Weber, Carfrae and Webb Collections
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Nero, wearing laurel wreath and facing r. Reverse: Nero, bare-headed, cuirassed, cloak flying behind, prancing facing r. on horseback carrying spear at rest in r.; in front of him, advancing r., a foot soldier holding vexillum in r. over r. shoulder and holding shield in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GFRM P M TR P IMP I P (Nero Claudius Caesar, Augustus Germanicus, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune, Imperator, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: None. In Exergue: DECVRSIO S C (Decursio - equestrian maneuvre. S C; Translation disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC I 2nd ed. 107 (Var.)

Notes:  The reverse is a variant in having only one solider in front of Nero looking forward. Also, S C in exergue rather than field, and there is no sign of Nero's aegis on the obverse.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Nero
Roman
37
68
Weber, Hermann
German
30 December 1823
11 November 1918
Webb, Percy H.
British
1856
04 March 1937
Carfrae, Robert
British
01 April 1820
18 September 1900
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