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Aureus with busts of Nero and Agrippina II

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 55
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 19.5 mm. Weight: 7.62 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.228
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Jugate busts of Nero and Agrippina, right.
NEROCLAVDDIVIFCAESAVGGERMIMPTRPCOS
Reverse: Chariot, drawn to left by four elephants, on chariot, two male figures.
AGRIPPAVGDIVICLAV[DNE]RONISCAESMATER EX.SC (in field)

ProvenanceBy date unknown: U.S. Private Collection; April 4, 1935: Anonymous gift to MFA in memory of Zoë Wilbour