Sestertius - Nero PORT AVG S C, Neptune and Tiber

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 25.4 g
Diameter 36.5 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC I#440, OCRE#ric.1(2).ner.440
Obverse description Head of Nero, laureate, right; small globe at point of neck.
Obverse script Latin
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.)
Reverse description View of the harbor at Ostia; Statue of Neptune set on pharos, above; Tiber reclining left, below.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering PORT AVG S C
(Translation: Portus Augusti, Senatus Consultum. Port of the emperor (Augustus). Decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (62-68) - -
Numisquare ID 4070360180
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