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RIC I (second edition) Nero 495

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RIC I (second edition) Nero 495, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Lugdunum, 62–68 AD. Obverse: head of nero, laureate, left; small globe at point of neck. Reverse: ceres, right, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn-ears and torch, facing annona, draped, standing right, right hand resting on hip, left holding cornucopiae; in center, modius on garlanded altar right; behind, ship's stern. Weight about 24.5 g, diameter 34.4 mm.
obverse RIC I (second edition) Nero 495
reverse RIC I (second edition) Nero 495
mint Lugdunum weight 24.51g (4)
ruler Nero diameter ⌀34.4 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 7↕ (3)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Nero, laureate, left; small globe at point of neck

IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P
reverse

Ceres, right, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn-ears and torch, facing Annona, draped, standing right, right hand resting on hip, left holding cornucopiae; in center, modius on garlanded altar right; behind, ship's stern

ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES S C
specimens (2)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
BnF (National Library of France) 24.92g

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RIC I (second edition) Nero 495 (ric.1(2).ner.495), 62–68 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-nero-495/ (accessed: 2026-09-09). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA