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RIC I (second edition) Nero 596

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RIC I (second edition) Nero 596, Dupondius, Bronze, struck at Lugdunum, 62–68 AD. Obverse: head of nero, laureate, right; small globe at point of neck. Reverse: securitas, bare to waist, seated right, on throne, resting head against right hand and holding short sceptre in left; in front, lighted and garlanded altar, on which leans lighted torch resting on a bucranium. Weight about 12.5 g, diameter 29.3 mm.
obverse RIC I (second edition) Nero 596
obverse: Head of Nero, laureate, right; small globe at point of neck
reverse RIC I (second edition) Nero 596
reverse: Securitas, bare to waist, seated right, on throne, resting head against right hand and holding short sceptre in left; in front, lighted and garlanded altar, on which leans lighted torch resting on a bucranium
mint Lugdunum weight 12.49g (13)
ruler Nero diameter ⌀29.3 (3)
denomination Dupondius axis 6↕ (7)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

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

IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P
reverse

Securitas, bare to waist, seated right, on throne, resting head against right hand and holding short sceptre in left; in front, lighted and garlanded altar, on which leans lighted torch resting on a bucranium

SECVRITAS AVGVSTI S C
specimens (13)
RIC I (second edition) Nero 596, harvard
Harvard Art Museums 9.85g 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 7.69g
British Museum 14.05g 6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
BnF (National Library of France) 12.87g
BnF (National Library of France) 11.92g
BnF (National Library of France) 14.17g
BnF (National Library of France) 13.92g
BnF (National Library of France) 14.14g
British Museum 12.65g 6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 11.04g 6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)

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RIC I (second edition) Nero 596 (ric.1(2).ner.596), 62–68 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-nero-596/ (accessed: 2026-10-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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