Sestertius - Nero CONG I DAT POP S C, Minerva and Liberalitas

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IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year62-68
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionBronze
Weight26.67 g
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC I#153, OCRE#ric.1(2).ner.153
Obverse descriptionHead of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringNERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P
(Translation: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae. Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator), father of the country.)
Reverse descriptionNero, bare-headed and togate, seated right, on platform, left; official seated right on another platform extending congiarium to citizen with small boy behind him; Minerva, head left, holding owl and spear, and Liberalitas on right, holding tessera.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringCONG I DAT POP S C
(Translation: Congiarium Primum Datum Populo, Senatus Consultum. The first congiarium (distribution of money to the civilians) given to the people. Decree of the senate.)
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MintageND (62-68)  - -
Catalog ID1227112450
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