Nero, 54-68. Aureus (Gold, 18 mm, 7.72 g, 6 h), Rome, 55-56. NERO CAESAR AVG IMP Bare head of Nero to right. Rev. PONTIF MAX TR P II P P around oak-wreath enclosing EX S C. BMC 9. Calicó 420 (this coin). Cohen 204. RIC 8. An elegant and attractive coin with a noble portrait of the young emperor. Minor scuffs, otherwise, extremely fine.
From a Swiss collection, ex Auctiones 20, 8 November 1990, 1503, and from the collections of L. Biaggi, Bank Leu 28, 5 May 1981, 387 and that of Conte A. Magnaguti, II, Santamaria 14 October 1949, 520.