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
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)
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.)
Cite this coin
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: 2026-09-11). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA