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 24.64 g
Diameter
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
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Reference(s) RIC I#589, OCRE#ric.1(2).ner.589
Obverse description Head of Nero, laureate, left; small globe at point of neck.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR POT P P
(Translation: Imperator Nero Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator) Nero Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power, 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.)
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Mintage ND (62-68) - -
Numisquare ID 5140972040
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