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Museum number: R.9969
Denomination: sestertius
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Head of Nero, laureate, left. (obverse); Triumphal arch, hung with wreath across front and left side; above, emperor in facing quadriga escorted on right by Victory holding wreath and palm and on left by Pax holding caduceus and cornucopia; flanking quadriga on lower level, small figures of soldiers; on niche in left side of arch, figure of Mars standing facing, holding spear in right hand and round shield in left hand. (reverse)
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Production date: 64
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
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Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 25.75 grammes
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Curator's comments: This arch was decreed in honour of the victories of Corbulo over the Parthians in AD 58. It stood on the Capitoline Hill but no longer survives.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (188, p.235); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (148, p.161)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; arch/gateway; charioteer/chariot; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Nero; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory; Representation of: Ares/Mars; Representation of: Pax
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Arcus Neronis
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.9969
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (235) (188)

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