Bronze Sestertius of Nero, Rome, AD 62 - AD 68 2011.21.545

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Obverse: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P - Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck

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Reverse: AVGVSTI S POR OST C - View of the harbor at Ostia; Staute of Neptune set on pharos, above;Tiber reclining left, below

Physical Description

Authenticity: Forgery
Axis: 6
Measurements
- Weight: 27.839
- Diameter: 35

Typological Description

Date Range: AD 62 - AD 68
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Sestertius
Material: Bronze
Authority
- Authority: Nero
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Nero
Reverse
- Deity: Tiber
- Deity: Neptune

References

Reference
- Reference: RIC I (second edition) Nero 178
Reference: BMC 131

Administrative History

Identifier: 2011.21.545
Department: Roman
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Notes

Note: Port of Ostia

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Public Domain Mark (images)
Rights: No Copyright - United States

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