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ID number: BIRBI-R0973 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nero; Rome Denomination: Semis Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 64 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 4.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1152. Cuzzi Sale, Milan, 1929. |
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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 wreath and l. resting on parazonium; around and behind various arms etc.; value-mark S in front of head of Roma.
Inscriptions: Obverse: NERO CAES ΛVG IMI (Nero Caesar, Augustus, Imperator). Reverse: TR.POT P.P. (Tribune, Father of the Fatherland). In Exergue: S.C (Translation disputed).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 226.
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