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Semis - Nero TR POT P P S S C, Roma
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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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 script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Roma personified, helmeted and clad in military dress, seated left upon a cuirass, holding a wreath extended in her right hand and a parazonium (short sword) in her left; a trophy of arms arranged behind her. The design is rendered in the bold, relief-struck style characteristic of Neronian aes coinage, with the senatorial authority legend distributed across the field. |
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Nero's semisses from this period were struck under the monetary reform he implemented in 64 AD, which reduced the weight standards of the gold and silver coinage — the aureus and denarius — for the first time since Augustus. The bronze denominations, including the semis, were effectively dragged into a system under strain, their continued production more a function of small-transaction necessity than imperial prestige.
RIC I 227 is a Rome mint issue, struck during the years bracketing the great fire of 64 AD and the subsequent Pisonian conspiracy of 65.