Sestertius - Nero ROMA S C, Roma and Victory

€246,729.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year62-68
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionBronze
Weight24.5 g
Dimensions36.5 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC I#517, OCRE#ric.1(2).ner.517
Obverse descriptionHead of Nero, laureate, left; 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 descriptionRoma, helmeted, in military dress, seated, left on cuirass, holding Victory in right hand and resting left on parazonium: behind cuirass two round shields and one oblong.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringROMA S C
(Translation: Roma, Senatus Consultum. Rome. Decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (62-68)  - -
Catalog ID4182893030
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