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Aureus with bust of Nero
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 64–65
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 18.5 mm. Weight: 7.22 gm. Die Axis: 4
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1253
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Nero to right.
NERO CAESAR
Reverse: Nero, radiate and togate, standing, facing, left knee bent, holding branch in right hand and Victory on globe in left.
AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS
NERO CAESAR
Reverse: Nero, radiate and togate, standing, facing, left knee bent, holding branch in right hand and Victory on globe in left.
AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.