It shows a colossal statue of Nero as the sun-god Helios, holding an olive-branch and a statuette of Victory holding a wreath.
Picture credit: Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung (Auction 240), 10.10.2016, lot 451
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reverse of a gold aureus of Nero (54-68). RIC 46. Minted at Rome,
64-66. It shows a colossal statue of Nero as the sun-god Helios, holding an olive-branch and a statuette of Victory holding a wreath. Picture credit: Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung (Auction 240), 10.10.2016, lot 451 Back |