Description
Nero, Sestertius, Circa 64, Uncertain Balkan mint (possibly Perinthus in Thrace)
RIC I (second edition) Nero 149(If it was from Rome, hence technically not a RIC 149); RPC I 1758; NC 1960, 107, no. 1.
Obv.: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck.
Rev.: S C, View of triumphal arch, showing front and left hand side; above, the Emperor in a quadriga escorted by Victory; arch is heavily ornamented and decorated with statues of Pax, Mars and two soldiers.
22.39 g
34 mm
Prominent centering holes on each side confirms that this is not a product of the Rome mint.
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