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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R0961
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Nero; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 61-62
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  3.63
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1984. A. H. Baldwin, 1942.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Nero, bare, facing r. Reverse: Ceres, veiled and draped, standing l., holding two corn-ears and torch.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP AVC CAESAR NERO (Nero, Caesar Augustus, Imperator). Reverse: PONTIC MΛX TR Γ VII[overlined] COS IIII[overlined].P.P. FX SC (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the seventh time, Consul for the fourth time, Father of the Fatherland, By Special Decree of the Senate).

Bibliography:  RIC I 2nd ed. 30

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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