Nero As With Winged Victory On The Reverse And Shield

Wow Bing, that's harsh => playing the ol' fake-card on the new dude's very first CCF post!!

GirolamoCardano ... it is always nice to have a new face visit the ancients site!!

Ancientnoob has a good point => it does look like the identation on the shield might be the remains of one of the letters (most likely the Q) ...

=> I sure hope that your coin turns-out to be genuine

NOTE: most of the guys on this site are very sharp and they can often help you avoid making poor purchases ... I've found it very useful to ask the members what they think of the coins "before" making a big purchase => that way you can get several opinions before making a potentially suspect purchase (oh, and nobody has ever tried to bid on a coin that I've asked about => it is a flawless strategy)

so again => "welcome and good luck!!"

Oh, and if you're going to take photos of your coins on your computer screen, then it is probably wise not to show the web address in the background (I'm just sayin')

to the community

Maybe it's my imagination but I see what looks like the shadow of the letter S on the outer edge of the shield. I think the rest has just worn off. Nice coin

Here's my Nero, the reverse is pretty worn and SPQR is gone as a result.

Since you pictured the ebay item #, I went to the auction
A few observations--seller listed coin as "variety without SPQR on shield"
Also, EUR 290- is a pretty low price for this coin, particularly when sold in Europe--deals are hard to come by there.
After just visiting several coin shops in Europe, I'd expect Roman coins sold in Italy to be higher?
And, wouldn't a scarcer variety sell for more? Just questions here--nothing definitive. I hope you got a real coin and a nice deal too!

Someone show me a coin with the SPQR that is worn to fine like the OP. Note the image jw posted has a full laurel wreath on the portrait but almost no SPQR. Imagine that same coin worn more to remove the wreath and ask how much more SPQR would disappear. Also look at how much rounder is the body on jw's photo while the OP is flattened. It might be that the OP coin was a bit flatly struck and never had much of the SPQR. I always wanted one of these but never saw one that had the full SPQR that I could afford.

BTW, the Trajan does not count. The Nero is the one with the lettering on the highest point.

Finally got the coin. Patina looks beautiful and there is a fine trace of the final R at close inspection when using a magnifier, of course on the right side of the shield. Thank you.

From what I can see, this type of coin was struck between AD 62-68 at Rome.

When we post URL's it is necessary to abandon the rules of grammar and punctuation we were taught in school. My browser balks at the above book cover due to the closed parenthesis and period following the com without a space in between.
http://www.angeloparatico.com would work as should (visible here http://www.angeloparatico.com ). because of the extra space inserted. In all honesty I'd think browser writers would be able to insert a routine that would drop a character following an extension before reporting it as a bad URL realizing that most of us have had many years practice of closing our sentences with punctuation and their new rule that we can't causes extra work.


The sign of Lyon I was taught was the addition of a ball on the point of the bust while Rome portraits end on a sharp point. That would make the OP coin Rome. I do not know if that distinction is currently upheld by scholars in the field (I know little about Nero).