Watch List notes:

Nero Æ As. Uncertain (Balkan?) mint, circa AD 64-66. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM [P M TR P(?)], laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head right, on globe, wings spread; S-C across fields. Cf. MacDowall, "Two Roman Counter-marks of AD 68", NC 1960, p. 108, III; RIC I (old edition) 439; RIC I (new edition) -, but see discussion on pp. 186-7; RPC I 1762 (P M TR P); Roma e43, 599 (P M). 10.57g, 27mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Very rare, with the majority of known specimens belonging to museums.

This reverse type is derived from the Divus Augustus Pater series. Other asses from this mint adopt the Neptune type of Agrippa struck under Caligula.