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RIC
Volume I - Nero (54-68 AD)
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Nero, AR Denarius, 64-65, Rome
NERO CAESAR-AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
IVPPITER-CVSTOS
Jupiter, bare to waist, seated left on throne, thunderbolt in right hand,
scepter in left
18mm x 19mm, 3.45g
RIC I, 53 (R)
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Nero, AR Denarius, 65-66, Rome
NERO CAESAR-AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
(No Legend)
Salus, draped, seated left on throne, patera in right hand, left arm on throne
SALVS in exergue
16mm x 18mm, 3.31g
RIC I, 60 (R)
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Nero, AR Denarius Fourree, 65-66, Rome
NERO CAESAR-AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
VESTA
Round, domed, hexastyle temple of Vesta with four steps, Vesta, draped, seated facing, head left, patera in right hand, long scepter in left
within
16mm x 18mm, 2.38g
RIC I, 62 (R for authentic)
Nero commissioned the rebuilding of the Temple of Vesta, which was destroyed in the fire of 64 AD.
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Nero, AR Denarius, 67-68, Rome
IMP NERO CAESAR-AVG P P
Laureate head right
(No Legend)
Aquila right, between two vexilla
17mm x 19mm, 3.04g
RIC I, 68 (R2)
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Nero, AE Quadrans, c.63, Issue II, Rome
NERO CLA_V CAESAR AVG GER
Helmet right, on column, against which leans round shield with gorgoneion
design, transverse spear behind
PON M TR-P IMP P P
Upright olive branch
14mm x 15mm, 2.37g
RIC I, 129 (S)
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Nero, Orichalcum Dupondius, 54-66, Lugdunum
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
Laureate head left, globe at point of bust
SECVRITAS-AVGVSTI
Securitas, bare to waist, seated right on throne, resting head on right
hand, scepter in left, garlanded and lit altar in front of her, against
which leans lighted torch resting on bucranium
S | C across fields
28mm x 29mm, 11.59g
RIC I, 446 (C)
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Nero, AE As, c.65, Lugdunum
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
Bare head left, globe at point of bust
No Legend
Victory flying left, hitching skirt with left hand, shield inscribed SPQR in right
S | C across fields
29mm, 10.77g
RIC I, 478 (C)
Ex Jencek Ancient Coins and Antiquities, 2000
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Nero, AE Orichalcum Sestertius, 66-68, Lugdunum
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P globe
Laureate head left
S C
View of triumphal arch, showing front and left hand sides, emperor in
quadriga escorted by Victory on top of arch, remainder of arch decorated
with statues of Pax, Mars and two soldiers
35mm x 37mm, 23.30g
RIC I, 500
Ex Matt Sersch - Portrait Collection
The globe at the base of the neck is indicative of the Lugdunum mint.
Sear Millennium 1962 describes this arch as 'one decreed by the Senate
in 58AD to commemorate the Eastern victory of Cn. Domitius Corbulo and
located on Capitoline Hill, but its exact site is uncertain'. Unfortunately, this arch no longer exists. Nero had him executed because he felt threatened
by the general’s great popularity, and the fear that this act caused
within the military leadership in part lead to its disaffection with
the regime and eventual revolt.
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