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As of Nerva

Roman (Artist)
97 CE (Roman Imperial)
bronze; struck

Obverse: Head of Nerva, laureate, right; beaded border. Reverse: Aequitas, standing left, draped, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left; beaded border.

Inscription

[Inscription, Latin; obverse] IMP(erator) NERVA CAES(ar) AVG(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibuniciae) P(otestate) II CO(n)S(ul) III P(ater) P(atriae) [Translation] Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, pontifex maximus, with tribunician power for the second time, consul for the third time, father of his country [Inscription, Latin; reverse] AEQVITAS AVGVST(i); in field, S(enatus) C(onsulto) [Translation] Fairness of the emperor; by senatorial decree

Provenance
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Harold Landon, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.

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Geographies

Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Max diam: 1 in. (2.6 cm); axis: 5:00

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Harold Landon, 1943

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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59.648

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