RIC I (second edition) Nero 597, Dupondius, Bronze, struck at Lugdunum, 62–68 AD. Obverse: head of nero, laureate, left; 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 12.9 g, diameter 29.8 mm.
obverse
Head of Nero, laureate, left; 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 (18)
British Museum
12.66g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
12.95g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
13.69g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
12.50g
7↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
BnF (National Library of France)
12.85g
BnF (National Library of France)
14.11g
British Museum
13.01g
7↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
10.32g
6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum
14.21g
7↕
Cite this coin
RIC I (second edition) Nero 597 (ric.1(2).ner.597), 62–68 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-nero-597/ (accessed: 2026-09-10). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA