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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.110
People
Issued by L. Ioulios Katon, Greek
Nero, Roman (r. 54 - 68 CE)
Title
Coin of Nero, Amorion
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
c. 60 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Amorion (Phrygia)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/21102

Physical Descriptions

Medium
bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.22 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: Around, clockwise, NERWNA KAISARA AMORIANOI (in Greek)
  • Reverse Inscription: Around, clockwise, EPI LEYKIOY IOYLIOY KATWNOS TO B

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RPC 3240

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.110
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate head of Nero r.; around, clockwise, NERWNA KAISARA AMORIANOI (in Greek).
Rev.: Eagle standing r. on uncertain object (thunderbolt?); around, clockwise, EPI LEYKIOY IOYLIOY KATWNOS TO B (in Greek).

Verification Level

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