Gold aureus of Nero
A small gold coin seen face-on, showing a laureled male head in profile facing right, with a wreath in the hair and a bearded-free, closely cropped portrait. Latin lettering runs around the edge in worn capitals, and the metal shows a warm, even sheen against a plain pale ground.
Look closer: Lettering around the rim reads NERO CAESAR AUGUSTVS, partly worn, visible at the edges of the coin.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 66–67 CE
- Medium
- Gold
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 1624 × 1524 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 67).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Joseph H. Durkee, 1899