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ID number: BIRBI-R0972 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nero; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 66 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.40 Weight (g): 26.57 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1408. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Nero, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Inscription to l. and r. of Roma, helmeted and in military dress, seated on cuirass and facing l.; in r. holding Victory and l. resting on parazonium; around and behind various shields, etc.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR.AVG GER Γ M TR P P P (Imperator, Nero Claudius Caesar, Augustus Germanicus, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: S C (Translation disputed). In Exergue: ROMA (Roma).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 329
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