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
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
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Reference(s) RIC I#180, OCRE#ric.1(2).ner.180
Obverse description Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P
(Translation: Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor, victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, supreme commander, 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: To the venerable port of Ostia. Decree of the Senate.)
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Mintage ND (62-68) - -
Numisquare ID 9908435350
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