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Sestertius - Nero DECVRSIO S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 62-68 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Nero facing right, draped and cuirassed, with aegis on the neck, rendered in high relief in the late Julio-Claudian style. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic fleshy features, with carefully delineated hair arranged in short curls over the forehead. A beaded inner border frames the design. The encircling legend reads NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, distributed around the full periphery of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | NERO CLAVD 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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| Edge | Plain |
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