Description
Collection Number: WC 1585
Object Number:
Dates: 62 - 68
Denomination: Dupondius
Dimensions: 28.78mm
Weight: 11.29g
Authority: Nero
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 --
OCRE: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).ner.596