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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,0803.19
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of Nero, bare, right. (obverse); Roma, helmeted and in military dress, standing right, left foot on helmet lying beside dagger and bow; with left hand she supports round shield on her left knee and inscribes it with right. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 61-62
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: India (pre-1947) (probably)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 7.69 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Vertical chisel-cut on head.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (36, p.205); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (33, p.152); Turner 1989 / Roman Coins from India (p.103)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2021 May 27-Oct 24, London, BM SEG, Nero 2016-17, 13 Oct - 7 May, BM, G69a Defacing the past: desecration and damnation in imperial Rome
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; classical deity; arms/armour
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Nero; Representation of: Roma
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1898,0803.19
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (205) (36)

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