Nero (54-68 AD) - Sestertius 64 AD - Mint: Rome - Obverse: Laureate bust right, wearing aegis on left shoulder - Reverse: Nero seated right on platform; official seated right on another platform extending congiarium to citizen with small boy behind him; Minerva standing left, holding owl and spear, and Liberalitas standing on right, holding tessera - gr. 26,47 - Very rare. A magnificent portrait of fine style well struck in high relief and a lovely dark green patina. Area of corrosion on reverse field, otherwise extremely fine - Ex NAC sale 106, 9 May 2018, lot 1372; ex Nieggler Collection, M&M-Leu 2 November 1967, lot 1125; ex Platt Hall Collection part II, Glendining's, 16 November 1950, lot 1072; ex De Sartiges Collection, Ars Classica 18, 1938, lot 101
  RIC 157. C. -.