Sestertius - Nero CONG II DAT POP S C; Minerva

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 62-68
Value 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 25.8 g
Diameter 37.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246366
References RIC I# 160,
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.160
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck.

Script: Latin

Lettering: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P

Translation:
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae.
Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator), father of the country.

Reverse

Nero, bare-headed and togate, seated right, on platform, right; praefectus annonae standing behind; in front, attendant standing left, giving tessera to citizen right; Minerva, head left, holding owl and spear; tetrastyle building to left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CONG II DAT POP S C

Translation:
Congiarium Secundum Datum Populo, Senatus Consultum.
The second congiarium (distribution of money to the civilians) given to the people. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

Comments

Mass varies: 24.88–26.25 g;
Diameter varies: 35–40 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (62-68) 

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