RIC I (second edition) Nero 273, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 62–68 AD. Obverse: head of nero, laureate, right with aegis. Reverse: roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass, holding victory in right hand and resting left on parazonium: behind cuirass two round shields and one oblong. Weight about 26.5 g, diameter 33.5 mm.
obverse
Head of Nero, laureate, right with aegis
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
reverse
Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass, holding Victory in right hand and resting left on parazonium: behind cuirass two round shields and one oblong
ROMA S C
specimens (19)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
25.58g
KENOM
24.81g
⌀35.8
5↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
24.55g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
26.10g
6↕
Harvard Art Museums
26.16g
6↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
24.57g
⌀37.0
KENOM — Freiberg
26.40g
6↕
BnF (National Library of France)
26.34g
BnF (National Library of France)
21.52g
British Museum
25.66g
7↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
28.23g
6↕
British Museum
28.03g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
28.37g
7↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
Cite this coin
RIC I (second edition) Nero 273 (ric.1(2).ner.273), 62–68 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-nero-273/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA