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RIC I (second edition) Nero 258

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RIC I (second edition) Nero 258, Quadrans, Bronze, struck at Rome, 62–68 AD. Obverse: owl standing front, with wings spread, on a rectangular garlanded altar. Reverse: olive-branch, upright; sometimes three dots above. Weight about 1.9 g, diameter 14.3 mm.
obverse RIC I (second edition) Nero 258
obverse: Owl standing front, with wings spread, on a rectangular garlanded altar
reverse RIC I (second edition) Nero 258
reverse: Olive-branch, upright; sometimes three dots above
mint Rome weight 1.91g (10)
ruler Nero diameter ⌀14.3 (3)
denomination Quadrans axis 6↕ (8)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Owl standing front, with wings spread, on a rectangular garlanded altar

NERO CLAV CAE AVG
reverse

Olive-branch, upright; sometimes three dots above

GER P M TR P IMP P P S C
specimens (11)
KENOM 2.01g 6↕
KENOM 2.33g ⌀14.8 6↕
RIC I (second edition) Nero 258, harvard
Harvard Art Museums 1.79g 6↕
BnF (National Library of France) 1.94g
BnF (National Library of France) 2.58g
British Museum 1.75g 6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 2.03g 6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 1.48g 7↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)

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RIC I (second edition) Nero 258 (ric.1(2).ner.258), 62–68 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-nero-258/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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