Quadrans P M TR P IMP P P 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 Quadrans = ¼ As = 1⁄64 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 1.7 g
Diameter 14 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
246460
References RIC I# 251,
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.251
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 CL CAE AVG

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

Reverse

Olive-branch, upright; sometimes three dots above.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P IMP P P S C

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae, Senatus Consultum.
High priest, tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator), father of the country. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

Comments

Mass varies: 1.4–2.33 g;
Diameter varies: 12–15 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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