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As - Nero PONTIF MAX TR P IMP P P
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Nero facing right, with his characteristic thick neck and youthful portrait rendered in the Julio-Claudian style. The effigy is depicted with short curly hair and a slightly idealized but recognizable physiognomy. A beaded inner border frames the design, with the full imperial titulature legend running clockwise around the periphery. The portrait occupies the central field in high relief typical of Neronian bronze coinage. |
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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. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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