Quadrans GER P M TR P IMP P P S C

Issued under Nero between 62 and 68 AD, this quadrans belongs to a period when the smallest Roman bronze denominations served the everyday transactions of the urban poor — market stalls, baths, street food. Nero's quadrantes are notable for carrying the S C legend (Senatus Consulto), a formula indicating senatorial authorization for the bronze issue, even as Nero's actual relationship with the Senate deteriorated sharply through this same period.

RIC I 249 is among the later quadrans types of the reign, struck as Nero was systematically debasing the silver coinage — the famous 64 AD reform that reduced the denarius in weight and fineness simultaneously.