Nero Æ35 of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 54-68. M. Tarquitius Priscus, proconsul. ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ, laureate head right / ΕΠΙ Μ ΤΑΡΚΥΙΤΙΟΥ ΠΡΕΙΣΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΩΝΟΣ ΑΝΘYΠA, Dionysiac altar inscribed NEI-KAIEΩ, covered with panther's skin and surmounted by thyrsos and cornucopiae; capricorn atop globe above. RPC I 2056; Waddington, Recueil Général, pl. LXVI, 15 = BN 800. 25.61g, 35mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; among the best preserved examples known. Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.
From a private British collection;
Ex David Szapary-Donadello Collection.