Sestertius of Nero, Portus, 66, Lyon

Sestertius of Nero, Portus, 66, Lyon mint.

BMC/RE. 323 ; BN/R. 189 var. ; C. 254 ; Giard/L. 2.189 ; RIC. 107 ; RIC2. 514 (mistake PORT AVG instead of PORTV AVG)

O/ IMP · NERO · CAESAR · AVG · PONT · MAX · TR · POT · P · P

     Head of Nero, laureate left, globe at point of neck (O*1). 

R/ S | C // PORTV · AVG

View of Portus, installed at 4 km of Ostie, linked with Tiber by channel. To left, docks surmounted by a temple and female statue on the top and two warehouses (horrea) on the bottom ; to right, warehouses for boats with arcades (basin of fairing). On the top, summit of a lighthouse with a statue of Neptune standing left, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left hand. On the bottom, Tiber reclining left, holding rudder in right hand et dolphin in left hand. In the middle of the harbor, 5 sailboats (the one on the bottom to left is discharged by two characters whose one is climbing on the dock by ladder and wearing a heavy load on his back ; the middle boat has 4 people who are operating the sail (2 on the deck, 2 on the yard)) ; 4 barques or light boats without sail (the one to right has a fisherman standing and throwing his net ; the one on the top to right carrying 3 rowers and a character on the prow wearing a winding tissue (?)).  

2002.1.1 : Lugdunum - Musée et théâtres romains, orichalcum, 26,69 gr, 35 mm, 7h.

Found in an archaeological excavation in 1983 in a tomb at La Favorite (Lyon). This coin was presented in the exposition on Claudius in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. 

For the moment, this coin isn't presented in exhibition halls, only on the museum internet site.

Reference : BMC/RE. 323 ; BN/R. 189 var. ; C. 254 ; Giard/L. 2.189 ; RIC. 107 ; RIC2. 514

Source : https://lugdunum.grandlyon.com/fr/Oeuvre...

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