Nero caesar, 50 – 54

Aureus 50-54, AV 19 mm, 7.72 g. NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT Bare-headed and draped bust of Nero l. Rev. [SACE]RD COOPT IN OMN CONL SVPR[A NVM EX S C] Simpulum on r. and lituus on l.; above, tripod and patera respectively. C 311 var. (obverse legend omits CAES). BMC Claudius 84. RIC Claudius 76. CBN Claudius 91. Calicó 441.
A gentle portrait well struck in high relief. Reverse slightly off-centre
and minor marks, otherwise about extremely fine

Ex NAC sale 86, 2015, MSG, 124. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk. From a Scandinavian private collection.