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ID number: BIRBI-R0976 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nero; Lugdunum Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: AD 65 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 14.09 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1082. In Paris, 1929. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Nero, wearing laurel wreath, facing l. Reverse: Inscription to l. and r. of Victory walking to l., holding wreath in r. outstretched and palm in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER Γ M TR P IMP P P (Nero Claudius Caesar, Augustus Germanicus, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune, Imperator, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: VICTORIA ΛVCVSTI S C (Imperial victory). In Exergue: II (Two).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 412.
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