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
Weight25 g
Dimensions35 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC I#502, OCRE#ric.1(2).ner.502
Obverse descriptionHead of Nero, laureate, right; small globe at point of neck.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P
(Translation: Imperator Nero Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator) Nero Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power, 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.)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (62-68)  - -
Catalog ID4697306490
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