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ID:
Nero178
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Nero
Date Ruled:
A.D. 54-68
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
Sestertius
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 66
Diameter:
34 mm
Weight:
27,02 g
Die Axis:
7 h
Obverse Legend:
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT PP
Obverse Description:
Laureate head left, globe at point of bust; c/m: X with bar above, all in incuse square
CM 1 Description:
X with bar above in incuse square
Reverse Legend:
ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES / S C
Reverse Description:
Annona standing right, holding cornucopiae, facing Ceres seated left, holding grain-ears and torch; modius on garlanded altar between them; ship's stern behind
Exergue:
S C
Mint:
Lugdunum
Primary Reference:
RIC 494
Photograph Credit:
rosae
Special Comments:
Ex CNG Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1535. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Ex Pliego Numismática y Coleccionismo, S.L. (Seville, Spain), auction XXXII, lot 151, 12 nov 2008.
Grade:
VF+
Notes:
This rare countermark of the Legio X Gemina is found solely on Aes coinage of Nero, usually from the mint of Lugdunum. MacDowall's analysis revealed that this countermark was applied during the Civil War in 68 AD while the legion was stationed at Carnuntum. D.W. MacDowall, "Two Roman Countermarks of A.D. 68," NC 1960, 5; BN pl. B, 7 (on this coin type.
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