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Aureus - Nero PONTIF MAX TR P VIII COS IIII P P EX S C, Ceres
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 61-62 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Nero facing right, depicted with characteristic youthful features, slightly fleshy neck, and short curly hair rendered in fine parallel waves across the crown and temple. The portrait is set within a beaded border and occupies the full field of the flan. The encircling Latin legend reads NERO CAESAR AVG IMP, distributed around the periphery in capital letters. The modelling of the face reflects the early Neronian portrait style, with a strong jaw and idealized imperial bearing consistent with Julio-Claudian coinage conventions. |
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| Obverse lettering | NERO CAESAR AVG IMP (Translation: Nero Caesar Augustus Imperator Nero, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator).) |
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The EX S C legend on this aureus — "by decree of the Senate" — is unusual on an imperial gold coin. Under Augustus and his successors, the Senate's authority over coinage was nominally reserved for base metal; gold and silver were the emperor's prerogative. Nero's decision to invoke senatorial authority on a gold issue in 61–62 AD is read by some scholars as a deliberate political gesture during what was still, outwardly, a period of cooperative rule with the Senate — before the reign turned openly autocratic.
RIC I 29 is among the scarcer varieties of Neronian gold. The Ceres type connects to Rome's grain supply concerns of the early 60s AD, when Egyptian and North African shipments were politically fraught.