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ID number:  BIRBI-R0978
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Nero; Rome
Denomination:  As
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 65
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.80
Weight (g):  9.05
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2990. A. H. Baldwin, 1954.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Nero, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Inscription to l. and r. of Victory, flying facing l., holding in both hands a shield inscribed S P Q R.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: NERO CΛESΛR ΛVG GERM IMP (Nero Caesar, Augustus Germanicus, Imperator). Reverse: S C (Translation disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC I 2nd ed. 312.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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