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Aureus with bust of Nero

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 65–66
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 7.27 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.276
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Nero, laureate, right.
NEROCAESAR AVGVSTVS
Reverse: Salus seated, left, on ornamented throne, patera in right hand.
SALVS

ProvenanceBy 1954: Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, March 12, 1975 (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, April 13, 1977)