Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6162543
Area
Coins
Title
-Cappadoce Roman Empire, Caesarea. - Nero (Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus) 54-68 AD. AR Hemidrachme. Sup / EF. Rare.
Face value
Year
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Gold- or silver content
Weight
1.88
Diameter
15mm x 13mm
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Tête laurée de Néron à droite. [NERO CLAVD DIVI] CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GE[RMANI] .
Reverse
Victoria (la Victoire) debout à droite, posant le pied droit sur un globe, et écrivant sur un bouclier posé sur son genou de la main droite .
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Details

This coinage was minted in Caesarea in Cappadocia. These silver currencies bears a fairly low content of fine silver compared to the Roman denarius. Quality copy, beautiful strike on a wide and oval blank, irregular and indented, short on legends. Very beautiful portrait of young Nero. Slightly toned. Pretty patina of old collection with golden reflections. Rare type See: Sydenham 83; RPC I 3646; RIC I 618; RSC 351.

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