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Sestertius of Nero, Rome
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Obv.: Laureate bust of Nero r., wearing the aegis; around, NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P.
Rev.: Nero, bare-headed, cuirassed, and with cloak floating free, prancing r. on horseback, l. hand holding spear; beyond and behind him, mounted soldier prancing r. with vexillum held over r. shoulder; in exergue, DECVRSIO.
Overstruck on a sestertius of the Ostia harbor type. AVGVSTI with the harbor statue and the tops of topmost ships are still visible.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins Gift of George Davis Chase Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Title: Sestertius of Nero, Rome
Description:
Obv.
: Laureate bust of Nero r.
, wearing the aegis; around, NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P.
Rev.
: Nero, bare-headed, cuirassed, and with cloak floating free, prancing r.
on horseback, l.
hand holding spear; beyond and behind him, mounted soldier prancing r.
with vexillum held over r.
shoulder; in exergue, DECVRSIO.
Overstruck on a sestertius of the Ostia harbor type.
AVGVSTI with the harbor statue and the tops of topmost ships are still visible.
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Sestertius of Nero, Rome
Sestertius of Nero, Rome
Obv.: Bust of Nero to r., laureate wearing aegis over left shoulder.
Rev.: Nero bare-headed, cuirassed and with cloak floating, prancing on horseback to r., holding spear, behind ...
Sestertius of Nero with bird's-eye view of the harbor of Ostia, Rome
Sestertius of Nero with bird's-eye view of the harbor of Ostia, Rome
Obv.: Laureate bust of Nero r., wearing aegis; around, NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P.
Rev.: Bird's-eye view of the harbor of Ostia. At the top, pharos surmounted b...
Sestertius of Nero, Rome
Sestertius of Nero, Rome
Obv.: Laureate head of Nero r.; around, NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P.
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Sestertius of Nero, Rome
Sestertius of Nero, Rome
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