RIC I (second edition) Nero 181
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Nero 181. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Nero. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Nero
Design
- Obverse
- Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck
- Reverse
- View of the harbor at Ostia; Statue of Neptune set on pharos, above; Tiber reclining left, below
- Obverse legend
- NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
- Reverse legend
- AVGVSTI S POR OST C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).ner.181
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