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ID number:  BIRBI-R0976
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 65
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.00
Weight (g):  14.09
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1082. In Paris, 1929.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Nero, wearing laurel wreath, facing l. Reverse: Inscription to l. and r. of Victory walking to l., holding wreath in r. outstretched and palm in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER Γ M TR P IMP P P (Nero Claudius Caesar, Augustus Germanicus, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune, Imperator, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: VICTORIA ΛVCVSTI S C (Imperial victory). In Exergue: II (Two).

Bibliography:  RIC I 2nd ed. 412.

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