Nero as Caesar Sestertius 51-54 Uncertain mint RIC I Claudius 108 Néron sesterce
Nero as Caesar, Sestertius, 51-54, Uncertain Balkan/Thracian mint
4,000.00$RIC I (second edition) Claudius 108.
Obv.: NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERMANICO COS DESIGN, Bust of Nero, bare-headed, draped, right.
Rev.: EQVESTER ORDO PRINCIPI IVVENT, Legend in four lines on shield; behind, vertical spear.
28.94 g
34.1 mm
Ex. NAC Spring sale 2021, 10/05/2021, lot 1214 (Hammered 1800 CHF); NAC 114, 06/05/2019, lot 1436(Unsold, starting bid as 2400 CHF); Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 150, 13/12/2010, lot 231(Hammered 5000€).
In AD 51 young Nero was elevated to princeps iuventutis. The Roman knights didn't miss the opportunity to donate a buckler and some silver lances to him. These objects are shown by this medallion that repeats a similar motif on coins minted for C. and L. Caesar in the time of Augustus. The medallion (not a sesterce, as it doesn't have S C) was probably minted in Rome by order and for account of the Roman knights and given away by them on the occasion of a feast in honour of Nero (cf. RIC). Nothing speaks in favor for von Kaenel's opinion that this medallion was minted in Thracia or another place in the Balkans (Reference: Britannicus, Agrippina Minor und Nero in Thrakien, SNR 63, 1984, 127-166).
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