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Æ19 - Nero ϹΗϹΤΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Sestus |
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| Year | 50-54 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed draped bust of the young emperor Nero facing left, rendered in the Julio-Claudian portrait tradition with characteristic curly fringe and draped paludamentum. The Greek legend ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ runs around the periphery of the field. The portrait displays the soft, youthful features associated with Nero's early reign coinage prior to his accession as sole emperor. The flan is irregular, typical of provincial bronze struck in the Thracian Chersonese region. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Sestus, a small settlement on the European shore of the Hellespont, held strategic importance entirely disproportionate to its size — it was the narrowest crossing point between Europe and Asia, making it both a toll station and a military chokepoint for centuries. This issue, struck under Claudius or in the earliest years of Nero's reign, belongs to a thin run of civic bronzes from the city that otherwise left almost no numismatic footprint. The RPC I 1744A designation reflects a relatively recent cataloguing addition, suggesting examples were either overlooked or surfaced after the original RPC I volumes were published.