Description
Collection Number:
WC 1585
Object Number:
Dates:
62 - 68
Denomination:
Dupondius
Dimensions:
28.78mm
Weight:
11.29g
Authority:
Nero
Mint:
Lugdunum
Lyon
Languages:
Latin
Obverse Type: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P; Nero, laureate, right
OCRE: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P; Head of Nero, laureate, right; small globe at point of neck
Obverse Legend:
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P
Obverse Inscription Languages:
Latin
Obverse Mintmarks: N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment:
Legend starts @ 6 o'clock
Reverse Type: SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, S C to left and right; Securitas, bare to waist, seated right on throne, resting head against throne, left holding short sceptre; in front of her, garlanded and lighted altar, against which leans torch resting on a bucranium
OCRE: SECVRITAS AVGVSTI S C; Securitas, bare to waist, seated right, on throne, resting head against right hand and holding short sceptre in left; in front, lighted and garlanded altar, on which leans lighted torch resting on a bucranium
Reverse Legend:
SECVRITAS - AVGVSTI, S - C
Reverse Inscription Languages:
Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Reverse Inscription Comments:
N/A
Bibliography
RIC I2 p. 184 n. 596, Plate --
Wulfing III p. 19 n. 255, Plate X
BMC I p. 268 n. 344, Plate --