RIC I (second edition) Nero 491
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Nero 491. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Nero. Mint: Lugdunum. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lugdunum
- Authority
- Nero
Design
- Obverse
- Head of Nero, laureate, left; small globe at point of neck
- Reverse
- Nero, bare-headed and togate, standing, left, with praetorian prefect on platform, raising right hand to three soldiers; foremost carries standards; behind, battlemented structure above pillared building
- Obverse legend
- IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P
- Reverse legend
- ADLOCVT COH S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).ner.491
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