Code: 10488
Nero Gold Aureus, 54-68 AD
Lugdunum mint, 63-64 AD.
Obverse: NERO•CAESAR•AVG•IMP, Bare head of Nero facing right.
Reverse: PONTIF MAX TR P•X COS•IIII•P•P / EX - S C, Virtus, helmeted and in military attire, standing front, head to left, holding parazonium set on her right knee in her right hand and long spear in her left, placing her right foot on head of decapitated enemy between arms.
BMC 45. Calicó 437. Cohen 232. RIC 40.
19 mm in diameter, 7.53 grams.
A rare type, lustrous and well struck, with a very pleasing portrait, a bold good very fine or better.
Has been graded and slabbed by NGC as Choice VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5.
NGC Certification number: 6671034-002.
