Object numberCC59.2.0658
sestertius, Roman Empire, Nero, 62-68 CE
Date62-68 CE
Emperor
Nero
CultureRoman
MediumAes
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 3.54 cm, 28.42 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
On View
Not on viewPeriodRoman Empire
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Nero head, laur., r.
NERO CLAUDIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS PONTIFEX MAXIMUS TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE IMPERATOR PATER PATRIAE
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, pontifex maximus, with tribunician power, imperator, father of the fatherland.
View of one front of the temple of Janus, with latticed window to l. and garland hung across closed double doors to r.
PACE POPULO ROMANO TERRA MARIQUE PARTA IANUUM CLUSIT, SENATUS CONSULTO
PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, S C
He closed the temple of Janus with peace brought to the Roman people on land and sea.
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