★ Arch of Nero ★

ROMAN EMPIRE. Nero.
Bronze sestertius, AD 64. Rome.
Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust right. Rev: triumphal Arch of Nero, garlanded and ornate surmounted by statue of the emperor in quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; the base decorated with ornamental friezes, a nude, helmeted statue of Mars with spear and shield in side alcove, reclining female figures in angles below entablature, one with billowing veil, the other holding cornucopiae; S-C across fields.
Good Very Fine; smoothed and tooled.

Reference: RIC I-149; C.-308; BMCRE-185.
Rarity: Scarce.
Die Axis: 2h.
Diameter: 33 mm.
Weight: 24.99 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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