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Sestertius - Nero S C, Mars, Pax, and Victory

Issuer Imperial Roman Mint
Year 62-68
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Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
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Obverse description Laureate bust of Nero facing right, depicted with characteristic youthful features and a broad neck, rendered in high relief. The emperor is draped on the left shoulder, with fine engraving detail on the laurel wreath. The encircling legend reads NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, distributed around the full circumference of the flan. The portrait is executed in the early imperial style, conveying imperial authority and dynastic legitimacy.
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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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