Quadrans GER PON MAX TR P IMP P P

Features

Issuer	Roman Empire (Rome)
Emperor	Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	62-68
Value	1 Quadrans = ¼ As = 1⁄64 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	3.3 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 246268
References	RIC I# 93, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert A. G. Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. OCRE# ric.1(2).ner.93 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Column bearing helmet; shield depicting a gorgoneion resting on column, right; spear pointing upwards right, behind

Script: Latin

Lettering: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG

Translation:
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Olive-branch, upright; sometimes three dots above

Script: Latin

Lettering: GER PON MAX TR P IMP P P

Translation:
Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae
Victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator), father of the country.

Mint

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

See also

• Cold weapons
• Armour

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