Watch List notes:

Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AV Aureus (10mm, 7.34 g, 2h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51. Bareheaded and draped bust left / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum and lituus, above tripod and patera, respectively. RIC I 76 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 52 (unlisted dies); Lyon 86 (unlisted dies); Calicó 441; Biaggi 240. Areas of smoothing, scratches, marks, and edge marks. Near VF. Rare.


From the San Vicente Collection, purchased from Dr. Arnold Saslow, February 1993.