Semis - Nero CER QVINQ ROM CON S C

The CER QVINQ ROM CON reverse commemorates the Neronia, a Greek-style festival Nero instituted in 60 AD modeled on the great Hellenic games — an act that scandalized Rome's conservative senatorial class, who regarded public performance as beneath Roman dignity. Nero himself competed in 65 AD and was, predictably, declared the winner. The S C confirms senatorial authority over bronze coinage, a constitutional fiction both sides maintained even as Nero's relationship with the senate collapsed entirely.