RIC I (second edition) Nero 516
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Nero 516. 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, right; small globe at point of neck
- Reverse
- Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated, left on cuirass, holding Victory in right hand and resting left on parazonium: behind cuirass two round shields and one oblong
- Obverse legend
- IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P
- Reverse legend
- ROMA S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).ner.516
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