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As - Nero S C, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Value | 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarii |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Emperor Nero facing right, rendered with characteristic youthful yet fleshy features and thick, elaborately curled hair arranged in layered tiers across the forehead, consistent with his later portraiture style. A small globe is depicted at the base of the neck truncation, symbolizing universal dominion. The full imperial titulature legend runs continuously around the periphery in incuse Latin capital letters. The portrait is executed in high relief with a bold, confident style typical of Neronian bronze coinage struck at Rome. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONTIF MAX TRIB POT P P (Translation: Imperator Nero Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator) Nero Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power, father of the country.) |
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Nero's aes coinage of the 60s AD was part of a sweeping monetary reform he initiated around 64 AD, reducing the weight standards of both the aureus and denarius while simultaneously revitalizing the bronze denominations as a coherent, state-managed series. The SC — senatus consulto — on the reverse was not mere decoration; it reflected the Senate's retained constitutional authority over base-metal coinage, a division of monetary responsibility that had persisted since Augustus formalized it.
RIC I 547 belongs to the later phase of Nero's reign, when his building program following the great fire of 64 AD was straining imperial finances considerably.