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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Nero| > SL85102
Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D.
|Nero|, |Nero,| |13| |October| |54| |-| |9| |June| |68| |A.D.|, "The 'Sestertius' (pl: sestertii), a contraction of the Latin 'SEMIS TERTIVS' which meant 2½, was originally a Roman Republican silver coin worth 1/4 of the denarius, or 2½ asses. In 38 BC Mark Antony changed it to a bronze worth four asses, since the denarius was re-valued to 16. Augustus issued it as an orichalcum coin of about 25 grams (dia: 35 mms), and it stayed that way until the early third century. It shrank to 20 grams and 25-30 mms in the reign of Severus Alexander (225-238). It was driven from circulation about 260 by the debased antoninianus, a small base billon coin valued at 8 sestertii." - from Moneta Historical Research by Tom Schroer
SL85102. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC I 517, Cohen I 268, BMCRE I 328, SRCV I 1961, NGC Ch VF, strike 4/5, surface 3/5 (3990900-001), Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 25.14g, maximum diameter 34mm, die axis 180o, 66 A.D.; obverse IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P, laureate head left, globe at point of bust; reverse Roma seated left on cuirass, Victory in right hand, left arm resting on parazonium at side, shields behind, S - C (senatus consulto) across field, ROMA in exergue; ex Heritage auction 3054, lot 32090; NGC| Lookup; SOLD



  






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NEROCLAVDCAESARAVGGERPMTRPIMPPP
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