Didrachm
Nero
Roman Imperial
Caesarea
Cappodocia
Asia Minor
Roman Empire
Middle East
possibly 64
Silver
Diameter: 15/16 in. (23.1 mm)
Weight: 7.36 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29289
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: (Laureate) head of Nero right; NE*R*O* CLAUD DIVIUS [CLAUD F CAES]A*R* AVG GERMAIN*I*, starting low, right outwardly. Reverse: Laureate head of Claudius laureate right; DIVOS C*L*A*U*D* A*U*G*U*S*T* G*E*R*M*A*N*I*C* P*A*T*E*R* A*V*G*; starting low, right, outwardly
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC, Vol. I: no. 413
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