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Bronze As - Æ 25-27 mm - 9,5 grams - Die Axis 03:00 - RIC 219 - Struck about AD 64.
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NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P (N.C. Caesar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus (Highest Priest) Tribunicia Potestas (Holder of the Tribunician Power) Imperator Pater Patriae (Father of the Country)). The head of the laureate boss facing right. |
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GENIO AVGVST(I) (Genio Augusti - Genius of the Augustii).
Genius standing, barely clothed, full front, facing left. Holding Cornucopia with left arm and with his right arm holding a Patera with offering above an altar. No SC recognizable, but the S from the S C is probably just under his wrist, the C level with this but in the right field.
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The only one listed with any of these legends and this reverse is RIC 219, with legend 46 – not 100 % proof though. (45: GER P M TR P IMP P, 46: GER P M TR P IMP P P, 47: GERM P M TR P IMP P, 48: GERM P M TR P IMP P P). Minted in Rome.
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good - On both sides patina and legend have been severely damaged.
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