Nerva – Altar

Nerva – Altar
Silver antoninianus (= double denarius), Rome, 249 - 251 A.D.
   
Obv. DIVO NERVE; 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) 84a; RSC (Nerva) —
   
Picture credit: LHS Numismatik AG (Auction 102), 29.4.2008, lot 364


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