Nerva – Altar

Nerva – Altar
Silver antoninianus (= double denarius), Rome, 249 - 251 A.D.
   
Obv. DIVO NERVAE; Radiate head of Divus Nerva r.
Rev. CONSECRATIO; Altar-enclosure with double panelled doors, flames rising from the top of the altar, sometimes with horns visible on either side.

   

   RIC (Decius) 84b; RSC (Nerva) 153
   
Picture credit: American Numismatic Society (1948.19.739)


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