Collection Number: WC 1604

Dates: 62 - 68

Dimensions: 35.19mm

Weight: 22.53g

Obverse Type: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P; Nero, laureate, wearing aegis, right OCRE: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P; Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck

Obverse Inscription Comment: Legend ends @ 6 o'clock

Reverse Type: AVGVSTI S POR OST C; Bird's eye view of the harbour of Ostia. At the top, pharos surmounted by statue of Neptune left, holding sceptre; at the bottom, reclining figure of Tiber left, right holding  rudder, left dolphin; to left crescent -shaped pier with portico of varying length, terminating with figure sacrificing at altar and with building; to right crescent shaped row of breakwaters or slips, sometimes terminating with figure seated on rock; within the central harbour, a varying number of ships (most often seven, occasionally eight or more)   OCRE: AVGVSTI S POR OST C; View of the harbor at Ostia; Statue of Neptune set on pharos, above; Tiber reclining left, below

Reverse Inscription Comments: N/A