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As - Nero PONTIF MAX TR POT IMP P P S C I
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Nero assimilated to Apollo Citharoedus, laureate and draped, advancing to the right while holding and playing a large kithara (lyre) with both hands. The figure is rendered in a elongated classical style with flowing robes. The large senatorial authorisation mark S C (Senatus Consultum) flanks the central figure in the field, left and right respectively. A mark of value I (one As) appears in the exergue, and the surrounding Latin legend encircles the design within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | ND (62-68) |
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Nero's bronze coinage of this period was produced under a significant monetary reform he enacted in 64 AD, which reduced the weight standard of the as and adjusted the relationships between denominations — the most substantial overhaul of Roman bronze coinage since Augustus established the system nearly a century earlier. The reform coincided, almost certainly not by accident, with the enormous financial demands of rebuilding Rome after the great fire of 64 AD and funding the construction of the Domus Aurea.
RIC 380 falls within the post-reform output from the Roman mint. The S C on the reverse signifies Senatus Consulto, the nominal senatorial authority over bronze coinage — a constitutional fiction Nero, like his predecessors, maintained while exercising effective control.