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| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Alexandria |
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| Year | 56-57 |
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| Composition | Billon (silver-washed) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero, facing right, her hair elaborately arranged in long tresses falling to the shoulder in the fashionable court style of the mid-first century AD. She is depicted with a diadem or stephane, and the bust is rendered with a draped shoulder visible at the truncation. The reverse legend identifying her as ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ (Augusta) surrounds the portrait, with the regnal year date L Γ (Year 3) positioned in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, L Γ |
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