Issuer: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germa
nicusCeca
: RomeValue: Se
stercioCronology: Undated, E
mpireDescription: Front: Nero's laureate head, right. Around, NERO. CLAVD. Caesar. Avg. Ger. P. M. TR. Q. IMP. P. Point traffic. Bac
k: triumphal arch; about the entablature, Nero in a quadriga between the women Pax and Victoria (practically lost). In the niche on the left, Mars. Left, S. Right, C.Metal:
OricalcoDimen
sions: Diameter, 36.5 mm.; weight, 26,445 gr. B
ibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980b, p. 41, no 1
03Inventario: Collection Lifchu
z/600Note: The elements represented in this sestercio seem to entail a propaganda purpose. On the one hand, the emperor's bust is bordered by the legend NERO. CLAVD. Caesar. and the titles AVGustus GERmanico Pontifex Maximus TRibunicia Potestate IMPerator Pater Patriae; from another, an arc of triumph, a monument that stands in honor of an army or warlord to commemorate victories or notable events, presents in a foreground, practically lost, a quadriga led by Nero and flanked by Pax and Victoria, peace and military success, while in a second we contemplate Mars, god of war and protector of the Roman people.
nicusCeca
: RomeValue: Se
stercioCronology: Undated, E
mpireDescription: Front: Nero's laureate head, right. Around, NERO. CLAVD. Caesar. Avg. Ger. P. M. TR. Q. IMP. P. Point traffic. Bac
k: triumphal arch; about the entablature, Nero in a quadriga between the women Pax and Victoria (practically lost). In the niche on the left, Mars. Left, S. Right, C.Metal:
OricalcoDimen
sions: Diameter, 36.5 mm.; weight, 26,445 gr. B
ibliographical reference: Burgos Delgado, 1980b, p. 41, no 1
03Inventario: Collection Lifchu
z/600Note: The elements represented in this sestercio seem to entail a propaganda purpose. On the one hand, the emperor's bust is bordered by the legend NERO. CLAVD. Caesar. and the titles AVGustus GERmanico Pontifex Maximus TRibunicia Potestate IMPerator Pater Patriae; from another, an arc of triumph, a monument that stands in honor of an army or warlord to commemorate victories or notable events, presents in a foreground, practically lost, a quadriga led by Nero and flanked by Pax and Victoria, peace and military success, while in a second we contemplate Mars, god of war and protector of the Roman people.