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ID number: BIRBI-R0964 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Pears, G. B. Maker: Nero; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 64-65 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 3.47 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 4067. A. H. Baldwin 1965, ex Col. G. B. Pears Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Nero, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Roma, helmeted and draped, seated facing l. on cuirass, holding Victory in r., and parazonium by l. side, with r. foot resting on helmet; round and oblong shields with greaves behind.
Inscriptions: Obverse: NERO CΛESΛR ΛVGVSTVS (Nero Caesar Augustus). Reverse: None. In Exergue: ROMA (Roma).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 55
Notes: According to RIC, Nero should be bearded, but he does not appear to be in this example.
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