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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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