Aureus of Nero, 54-68 A.D.
Date:
64/68 AD
Medium:
Gold
Dimensions:
3/4 inches (1.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Bequest of Archibald Campbell
Object number:
18.11.17
Obverse: Head of Nero, with beard, laureate, to right. Inscription: up right and downwards, NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Circle of dots. Reverse: Front view of round temple with domed roof, six columns with draped figure of Vesta, seated to front, head left, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in left. Temple on podium of four steps. Inscription in arc above: VESTA. Circle of dots. Mint of Rome, undated, 64-68 A.D.
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