★ An Exceptionally Rare Bronze ★

ROMAN EMPIRE. Nero.
Bronze sestertius, AD 64. Rome.
Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right. Rev: CONG II DAT POP R, Emperor, bare-headed and togate, seated right on curule bench on platform; official seated right on another platform in front, extending congiarium to citizen on stairs with small boy behind him, Minerva (on left) standing facing in background, head left, owl in right hand, spear in left, and Liberalitas (on right) standing facing in background, head left.
About Mint State; somewhat tooled and smoothed.

Reference: RIC I-100 var. (head left); BMCRE-.
Rarity: Exceptionally Rare issue.
Provenance: ex Eugenio Fornoni Numismatico, stock ticket included (estimate: EUR 5,300).
Die Axis: 7h.
Diameter: 36 mm.
Weight: 26.22 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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