Sestertius of Nero, Emperor of Rome from Rome Artist: Unknown
Mint: Rome
Ruler: Nero, Emperor of Rome, Roman, A.D. 37–68, ruled A.D. 54–68

64

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Orichalcum

Dimensions

21.36 g, 7:00, 33 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.5518

Geography

Made in Rome, Italy

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century A.D.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around head of Nero, laureate, wearing aegis (?), r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: ADLOCVT COH (in exergue), S-C to l. and r. Nero, bare-headed and togate, standing l. with praetorian prefect (also bare-headed and togate) on low platform on r., raising r. in address to three soldiers standing r. in single file, of whom the two foremost carry standards; in the background, pillared building below battlemented crescent-shaped structure (? the praetorian camp).
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, sestertii

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