Semis - Nero CERTA QVINQ ROM CON S S C

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (54-68)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 62-68
Value 1 Semis = ½ As = 1⁄32 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.9 g
Diameter 17.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246456
References RIC I# 247,
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.247
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Nero, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: NERO CAES AVG IMP

Translation:
Nero Caesar Augustus Imperator.
Nero, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator).

Reverse

Table decorated with two sphinxes or gryphons confronting; on top, urn and wreath; round shield resting on leg.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CERTA QVINQ ROM CON S S C

Translation:
Certamen Quinquennale Romae Constitum, Senatus Consultum.
The establishment of the Roman Quinquennial (Neronia) games. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

Comments

Mass varies: 3.28–4.44 g;
Diameter varies: 15.5–19 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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