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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1908,1205.35
Description: Copper Alloy coin. (whole); Head of Nero, laureate, right. (obverse); Temple with four columns and triangular pediment. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Empire Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Empire
Authority: Ruler: Nero
Cultures/periods: Roman Provincial
Production date: 54-68
Production place: Minted in: Tomi (historic - Moesia)
Materials: copper alloy
Technique: struck
Dimensions: Die-axis: 4 o'clock; Diameter: 20 millimetres (maximum); Weight: 4.580 grammes
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Bibliographic references: RPC1 / Roman provincial coinage. Vol.1, From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AD 69) (1837/1); Pick and Regling 1910 / Die Antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien: Band I.2.1: Odessos and Tomis (3588) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: temple; emperor/empress
Associated names: Portrait of: Nero
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Demetrios Triandafillou
Acquisition date: 1908
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1908,1205.35

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