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As - Nero PONTIF MAX TR P IMP P P
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 62-68 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Nero assimilated to Apollo Citharoedus, laureate and draped, advancing to the right while playing a lyre (cithara) held in the left arm and plucked with the right hand. The figure is rendered in a flowing chiton, evoking the god of music and poetry, a deliberate propagandistic allusion to Nero's well-documented artistic pretensions. A beaded border frames the design, and the abbreviated imperial titulature legend runs around the periphery. The composition is characteristic of the Rome mint issues of the later Neronian period. |
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Nero's bronze coinage of this period was struck under the monetary reform of 64 AD, which reduced the weight standard for the as significantly — making pre-reform and post-reform examples physically distinguishable to a careful hand. The reform was part of a broader debasement driven by the costs of rebuilding Rome after the Great Fire, Nero's extravagant construction projects including the Domus Aurea, and ongoing military expenditure on the eastern frontier. RIC 77 falls within the post-reform sequence from the Roman mint.