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Dupondius of Nero

Roman (Artist)
62-68 CE (Roman Imperial)
bronze; struck

Obverse: Head of Nero, radiate, right; beaded border. Reverse: Securitas, bare to the waist, seated on throne right, holding a scepter in the left hand, right hand raised to head; in the field right, an altar; in exergue, Π (control mark); beaded border.

Inscription

[Inscription, Latin; obverse] NERO CLAVD(ius) CAESAR AVG(ustus) GERM(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibuniciae) P(otestate) IMP(erator) P(ater) P(atriae) [Translation] Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, pontifex maximus, with tribunician power, imperator, father of his country [Inscription, Latin; reverse] SECVRITAS AVGVSTI S(enatus) C(onsulto) [Translation] The security of Augustus, by senatorial decree

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

F. Herbert Prem, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1965, by gift.

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Geographies

Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Max diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.76 cm); axis: 6:00

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. F. Herbert Prem, 1965

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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59.720

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