Nero Æ As. Uncertain Balkan mint (Perinthus?), circa AD 64-66. [NERO CLAVDI]VS CAESAR [AVG GERM P M], 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 var. (P M TR P); Roma e43, 599. 9.34g, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine; some encrustations. Rare.
From a private UK collection.
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.