- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1980.85.176
- People
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Nero, Roman (r. 54 - 68 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Syria under Nero
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 54-68 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/186027
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.83 g
- Die Axis
- 1
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: IM NER CLAV CA ESAR
- Reverse Inscription: SC
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- cf. BMC 177-185 (base-coin); Wruck 53
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1980
- Object Number
- 1980.85.176
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Head of Nero r., laureate.
Rev.: S C in laurel wreath.
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