Sestertius - Nero AVGVSTI S PORT OST C, Tiber and Neptune

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 62-68
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 27.4 g
Diameter 34.5 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC I#182, OCRE#ric.1(2).ner.182
Obverse description Head of Nero, laureate, left.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER 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 description View of the harbor at Ostia; Statue of Neptune set on pharos, above; Tiber reclining left, below.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering AVGVSTI S PORT OST C
(Translation: Augusti Portus Ostiensis, Senatus Consultum. To the venerable port of Ostia. Decree of the Senate.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (62-68) - -
Numisquare ID 6856063400
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