Nero, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 2nd issue, struck 65 AD.,
Æ As (27-29 mm / 9,80 g), copper,
Obv.: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS , laureate head of Nero left, small globe at point of bust (RIC obv. type 42F).
Rev.: PONTIF MAX - TR POT IM[P P] P / S - C , Nero as Apollo Citharoedus, advacing right, holding lyre.
RIC I, 176, 417 (common) ; WCN 547 .
Sueton (Nero 21,25) mentions this type: "Statuas suas Citharoedico habitu posuit, qua nota etiam nummum percussit."
showing Nero's self-identification with Apollo
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![65 AD., Nero, Lugdunum mint, As, RIC 417.
Nero, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 2nd issue, struck 65 AD.,
Æ As (27-29 mm / 9,80 g), copper,
Obv.: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS , laureate head of Nero left, small globe at point of bust (RIC obv. type 42F).
Rev.: PONTIF MAX - TR POT IM[P P] P / S - C , Nero as Apollo Citharoedus, advacing right, holding lyre.
RIC I, 176, 417 (common) ; WCN 547 .
Sueton (Nero 21,25) mentions this type: "Statuas suas Citharoedico habitu posuit, qua nota etiam nummum percussit."
showing Nero's self-identification with Apollo
Schlüsselwörter: Nero Lugdunum Lyon As Globe Apollo Lyre](images/image.gif?id=35987507273 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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65 AD., Nero, Lugdunum mint, As, RIC 417.
Nero, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 2nd issue, struck 65 AD.,
Æ As (27-29 mm / 9,80 g), copper,
Obv.: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS , laureate head of Nero left, small globe at point of bust (RIC obv. type 42F).
Rev.: PONTIF MAX - TR POT IM[P P] P / S - C , Nero as Apollo Citharoedus, advacing right, holding lyre.
RIC I, 176, 417 (common) ; WCN 547 .
Sueton (Nero 21,25) mentions this type: \"Statuas suas Citharoedico habitu posuit, qua nota etiam nummum percussit.\"
showing Nero's self-identification with Apollo
Schlüsselwörter: Nero Lugdunum Lyon As Globe Apollo Lyre")