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As - Nero PONTIF MAX TR POT IMP P P S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC I#416, OCRE#ric.1(2).ner.416 |
| Obverse description | Bare head of Emperor Nero facing right, with a small globe depicted at the base of the neck truncation, a detail alluding to his claim to universal dominion. The portrait renders Nero's characteristic fleshy features in a robust, slightly idealized style typical of Julio-Claudian imperial portraiture. The surrounding legend is incuse around the periphery of the flan in capital Latin letters. The coin exhibits the irregular, hand-struck flan characteristic of hammered Roman bronze coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Nero's aes coinage was reorganized around 64 AD, when he reduced the weight standard for bronze and orichalcum denominations — a move tied directly to the fiscal strain of rebuilding Rome after the great fire and funding his Domus Aurea. The as dropped sharply in average weight, making heavier survivors like this piece likely products of the earlier part of the 62–68 window, before the reduction took full effect across the mints.
RIC I 416 is a Lugdunum product, distinguished from the Rome mint issues by subtle differences in fabric and style that specialists still debate.