ROMAN EMPIRE: Nero, 54-68 AD, AR denarius (3.47g), Rome mint, RIC-60, BMC-90/3; RSC-314., struck AD 65-66 (NERO CA)ESAR AVGVSTVS, radiate head of Nero right // SALVS in exergue, Salus seated left, holding patera, F-VF. This denarius celebrating health (Salus) may perhaps refer to the revitalization of Rome in the aftermath of the Great Fire, which destroyed much of the city in A.D. 64. Alternatively, it may allude to Nero's foiling of the Pisonian conspiracy (A.D. 65), which sought to assassinate him and establish the Roman statesman C. Calpurnius Piso as a more moderate emperor in his place. From an old Collection, purchased by the collector in 1967 with his tag.

Estimate: USD 100 - 150