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Aureus with head of Nero
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 60–61
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 7.70 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.773
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Nero to right.
NERO.CAESAR.AVG.IMP
Reverse: Virtus standing to left, right foot on helmet, spear in left hand, parazonium in right. Shields beside right foot.
In field: EX SC
PONTIF.MAX.TR. P.VII.COS.IIII.P.P.
NERO.CAESAR.AVG.IMP
Reverse: Virtus standing to left, right foot on helmet, spear in left hand, parazonium in right. Shields beside right foot.
In field: EX SC
PONTIF.MAX.TR. P.VII.COS.IIII.P.P.
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)