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Aureus with head of Nero
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 64–65
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.5 mm. Weight: 7.28 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.776
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Nero to right.
NERO CAESAR
Reverse: Emperor, radiate, standing front, branch in right hand, Victory on globe in left.
AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS
NERO CAESAR
Reverse: Emperor, radiate, standing front, branch in right hand, Victory on globe in left.
AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, June 11, 1975, as Apparatus (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, March 10, 1976)