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Demo assignment: decode a Roman legend

Obverse: Bust of Nero, bare-headed, right, bust of Agrippina the Younger, draped, hair in long plait, left, facing one another
RIC I (second edition) Nero 1 — Nero, Rome
Reverse: Legend surrounding oak-wreath enclosing EX S C
Reverse

Data — ODbL (CANOA, canoanumis.org). Image — © holding museum, displayed with attribution.

The legend

AGRIPP AVG DIVI CL AVD NERONIS CAES MATER

This coin's legend is full of abbreviations. Rewrite the legend in full words — for example, IMP stands for imperator.

In the real product, every student gets a different coin — this demo uses a fixed one.