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Semis - Nero PON MAX TR P IMP P P, Roma
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Value | 1 Semis = 1/2 As = 1⁄32 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Nero facing right, depicted with characteristic fleshy features and short curled hair crowned by a laurel wreath. The portrait is rendered in the naturalistic Julio-Claudian style, with the bust truncated at the neck. The encircling legend runs clockwise around the obverse field, separated from the portrait by a dotted border. |
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| Obverse lettering | NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM (Translation: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus — Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), victor over the Germans.) |
| Reverse description | The personification of Roma seated left upon a cuirass, helmeted and clad in military dress. She holds a wreath in her extended right hand and a parazonium (short sword) in her left hand, with an array of arms and military trophies depicted behind her in the field. The reverse legend is distributed around the design within a dotted border, proclaiming the emperor's key titles. |
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