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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R0983 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 62 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.85 Weight (g): 25.56 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2023. A. H. Baldwin, ex Weber, Carfrae and Webb Collections |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Nero, wearing laurel wreath and facing r. Reverse: Nero, bare-headed, cuirassed, cloak flying behind, prancing facing r. on horseback carrying spear at rest in r.; in front of him, advancing r., a foot soldier holding vexillum in r. over r. shoulder and holding shield in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GFRM P M TR P IMP I P (Nero Claudius Caesar, Augustus Germanicus, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune, Imperator, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: None. In Exergue: DECVRSIO S C (Decursio - equestrian maneuvre. S C; Translation disputed). Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 107 (Var.) Notes: The reverse is a variant in having only one solider in front of Nero looking forward. Also, S C in exergue rather than field, and there is no sign of Nero's aegis on the obverse. |
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| Nero Roman 37 68 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
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