File:Nero Lugdunum sestertius 691535.jpg

Summary

<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nero" title="Nero">Nero</a>. 54-68 AD.

Æ <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sestertius" title="Sestertius">Sestertius</a> (27.02 g, 7h). Lugdunum (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a>) mint. Struck 66 AD.

Laureate head left, globe at point of bust; countermark: X with bar above, all in incuse square

On left <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Annona" title="Annona">Annona</a> standing, facing right, holding <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cornucopia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornucopia">cornucopiae</a>; on r. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ceres" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceres">Ceres</a> seated facing left, holding grain-ears and torch; modius on garlanded altar between them; ship's stern behind.

RIC I 494; BMCRE –; Cohen –

for c/m: D.W. MacDowall, "Two Roman Countermarks of A.D. 68," NC 1960, 5; BN pl. B, 7

n.b.

This rare <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Countermark&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Countermark (page does not exist)">countermark</a> of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Legio_X_Gemina" title="Category:Legio X Gemina">Legio X Gemina</a> is found solely on Aes coinage of Nero, usually from the mint of Lugdunum. MacDowall's analysis revealed that this countermark was applied during the Civil War in 68 AD while the legion was stationed at Carnuntum.

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