Dupondius - Nero ROMA S C, Roma

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.