Dupondius - Nero AΡIΣTIΩNOΣ ΣTΡATHΓOY; Apollo; Thessaly

Dupondius - Nero (AΡIΣTIΩNOΣ ΣTΡATHΓOY; Apollo; Thessaly) - obverseDupondius - Nero (AΡIΣTIΩNOΣ ΣTΡATHΓOY; Apollo; Thessaly) - reverse

© Wilson Roberto Vasques Nunes

Features

Issuer Roman provinces (Rome)
Emperor Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 64-68
Value Dupondius (⅛)
Currency Denarius (49 BC - AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 8.65 g
Diameter 17 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
167740
References RPC Online I# 1439,
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)
SNG Copenhagen# 337,
Niels Breitenstein, Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 1. Italy, Part 1 : Etruria - Campania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
And 43 more volumes.
Burrer# 1,
Friedrich Burrer; 1993. Münzprägung und Geschichte des thessalischen Bundes in der römischen Kaiserzeit bis auf Hadrian : 31 v.Chr. - 138 n.Chr.. Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, Saarbrücken.
Rogers# 79
Edgar Rogers; 1932. The Copper Coinage of Thessaly. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Head of Nero, right, laureate.

Script: Greek

Lettering: NEΡΩN ΘEΣΣAΛΩN

Translation:
NEΡΩN: "Nero".
ΘEΣΣAΛΩN: "of Thessaly".

Reverse

Apollo Citharoedus, draped, advancing right, playing lyre.

Script: Greek

Lettering: AΡIΣTIΩNOΣ ΣTΡATHΓOY

Translation: AΡIΣTIΩNOΣ ΣTΡATHΓOY: "Strategist Aristion".

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (64-68) 

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