Aureus of Nero, 54-68 A.D.
Date64/68 AD
Object PlaceRome, Southern Europe, Europe
Modern PlaceRome, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumGold
ClassificationsNumismatics
Dimensions3/4 inches (1.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Archibald Campbell
Object number18.11.17
DescriptionObverse: Head of Nero, with beard, laureate, to right. Inscription: up right and downwards, NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Circle of dots. Reverse: Front view of round temple with domed roof, six columns with draped figure of Vesta, seated to front, head left, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in left. Temple on podium of four steps. Inscription in arc above: VESTA. Circle of dots. Mint of Rome, undated, 64-68 A.D.On View
On viewLocations
- Treatment Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Conservation, Fine Art
84-83 BC
c. 1880
1430/1460
c. 1825
c. 1870
20th Century
1850/1950
1984
1984
late 12th/early 13th Century
