Nero. As Caesar, AD 50-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.49 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 51. NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT, bareheaded and draped young bust left / SACERD [COOPT] IN OMN CONL SVPRA NVM EX S C, on left, simpulum above tripod; on right, lituus above patera. RIC I 77 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 52 (unlisted dies); Lyon 87 (Claudius, Lugdunum – unlisted dies); RSC 312; BMCRE 87 (Claudius); BN 93 (Claudius, Lugdunum). Toned, shallow scratches and marks under tone. VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex CNG inventory 717938 (December 1999).