Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
As - Nero PONTIF MAX TR POT IMP P P S C I
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 62-68 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Standing figure of Nero assimilated to Apollo Citharoedus, laureate and draped in a long chiton, advancing to the right while playing a large lyre held in his left hand and plucked with his right. The monumental senatorial authority mark S C (Senatus Consultum) flanks the figure in the central field, with the numeral I below in the exergue. The encircling legend, divided left and right of the figure, records the emperor's chief honorific titles along the beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | PONTIF MAX TR POT IMP P P S C I (Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae, Senatus Consultum. High priest, tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator), father of the country. Decree of the senate.) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Nero's bronze coinage underwent a deliberate reform around 64 AD, when he reduced the weight standard for the as — part of the same monetary reorganization that also adjusted the silver content of the denarius. This particular issue falls within that reforming period, meaning examples struck before and after the reduction can circulate under the same type designation while representing meaningfully different monetary policy decisions.