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Sestertius - Nero CONG II DAT POP S C, Minerva
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC I#160, OCRE#ric.1(2).ner.160 |
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| 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.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This sestertius belongs to Nero's later coinage, after the Neronian monetary reform of 64 AD fundamentally debased and resized the entire Roman bronze system — reducing the weight standard that had held since Augustus. The reverse type references a congiarium, a direct cash distribution to the Roman populace, one of several Nero staged to maintain popular support. These distributions were not merely political theater; they were logistically enormous events recorded in the Fasti and tied directly to specific coin issues as commemorative receipts of a kind.
Orichalcum sestertii from this reign are frequently found with uneven flans, a known production issue at Rome in this period.