I know it's Nero and I'm thinking around 50 AD. Other than that, I know nothing. Hope I got it at a decent price. Let me know as it was under $50.00. It's nice in hand but with a small amount of porosity. I love the reverse, just wish the design was a bit stronger. I have no understanding of the reverse design. Thanks in advance for helping me out with this nice coin.
Cool example, especially for the price!! The 'Victory advancing holding a wreath and palm' and the 'Flying victory with an SPQR inscribed shield' was often used on several of his coins as this acsearch link makes very clear... The first link is an As : https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2313267 The second link contains a wide variety of the general type and denominations.... https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=nero victory globe&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1¤cy=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&co
Collecting Nut => yah, I love that coin-type (congrats on that sweet price) ... the price seems almost too sweet, eh? (hopefully your coin is legit) Whoa-whoa ... sorry, yah I am "not" the guy that cries foul (again, I have zero reason to believe that this coin is suspect) Sadly, I paid quite a bit more for my cool example ... like "way-more" Oh, but this is still one of my favourite coins, from my favourite seller C-Nut => again, congrats on your cool new OP-addition (oh, and I'm totally jealous of that amazingly sweet price!!)
VERY nice Nero! Well centered, nice clean field... Victory is always cool. I have one with one of his wives... RI Poppea-Nero BI tetradrachm of Alexandria LI yr10 63-64AD Milne 217 RPC 5275
Yours is in better condition with more detail and I have no doubts about the authenticity as I purchased it from a very reputable dealer.
Shouldn't Nero have a radiate crown if this is a dupondius? Is it perhaps a sestertius based on the brassy color?
Not necessarily. At this time/period things were not engraved in marble about asses, duponddi and sestertii as for what metal they were made of and radiate or laurel crown Q
At this time the Lugdunum (Lyon) mint was distinguished by the globe at the point of the bust as shown on the OP coin but missing from ro1974's nice dupondius. This is one case where I prefer a coin with no patina since it is hard to tell what metal is under a green outside. Both of the coins below are dupondii. On top is a green (over brass) Lugdunum mint weighing 13.2g. The one below is 15.0g and is what we call belt and suspenders while holding your pants up with the other hand. It is a dupondius with radiate crown, orichalcum color and bears the denomination mark II in exergue. The lack of the globe at the point of the bust signifies Rome mint. The coin shown by gregarious makes a good point about the globe. I believe his has one (therefore, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint) but a weak strike makes it not show all that well. Some are off flan due to centering. As far as I am concerned, Nero dupondii are very good deals for us budget minded types. They are usually well over half the size of sestertii but sell for a lot less. Asses are easier to find than dupondii but still great coins. Denarii are expensive and no better in die work. The as below is 9.3g of red copper conveniently showing through the green patina. Orichalcum was valued much above copper so asses are not all that much smaller than dupondii. That leaves sestertii of which I only have one doggy example at 22.4g. Part of its low weight is due to the corrosion loss but these things vary quite a bit anyway.
Nice coin Collecting Nut, full legend and as with a lot of Nero's coins well centred and best of all great price. I have one of that minted a bit later in his reign 65 AD, at Lugdunum, 28mm, 9.79gm, RIC 478.
Excellent informational discussion and illustration of Nero's bronzes. I concur that the OP coin is RIC 543 (Lugdunum) ca. 68 A.D.: Obv.: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P Nero bare, right. Globe at point of bust. Rev.: Victory flying left, holding in both hands shield inscribed S P Q R, S C to left and right.
