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Dupondius - Nero ROMA S C, Roma
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Composition | Orichalcum |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Roma seated left on a cuirass, helmeted and wearing military attire, her right hand extended holding a patera or small branch, her left hand resting on a parazonium or short sword. The figure is rendered in a classical Hellenistic style, seated upon arms symbolising Rome's martial power. The legend ROMA appears in the exergue below a ground line, while the senatorial authority mark S C (Senatus Consultum) is placed prominently in the left and right fields respectively, flanking the central figure. |
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Nero's orichalcum dupondii of this period were struck under a monetary reform he initiated around 63 AD, which adjusted the weight standards of the bronze and orichalcum denominations — part of a broader effort to extract greater value from the coinage system as the costs of his building programs and court expenditures mounted. The ROMA S C reverse type belongs specifically to issues struck at Rome, with the SC confirming senatorial authorization of the base-metal coinage, a constitutional formality that Nero nonetheless observed throughout his reign.