Nero, AD 54-68. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 35 mm, 24.37 g, 6 h), Lugdunum, 64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head of Nero to right, set on a globe. Rev. DECVRSIO / S C Nero on horseback right, holding spear; behind him rides a soldier carrying a vexillum. Cohen 86. BMC 311. RIC 396. Well centered on a broad flan, with an attractive dark green natural patina with some brown highlights. Abbrasions and marks in the patina, otherwise, about very fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Prof. L. de Nicola in Rome, around 1960ies.