RIC I (second edition) Nero 374
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 62–AD 68
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Lugdunum (ancient mint)
Dupondius in bronze struck at Lugdunum under Nero, AD 62–AD 68, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Nero 374. Obverse: Head of Nero, radiate, right; small globe at point of neck. Reverse: Front view of the Macellum Magnum; above the steps, male figure standing, left, holding sceptre. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Dupondius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lugdunum
- Issuing authority
- Nero
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Nero, radiate, right; small globe at point of neck
- Reverse type
- Front view of the Macellum Magnum; above the steps, male figure standing, left, holding sceptre
- Obverse legend
- NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
- Reverse legend
- MAC AVG S C
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).ner.374
- Catalogue reference
- RIC I (second edition) Nero 374
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.1(2).ner.374
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet