Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.53 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 60-61. NERO • CAESAR • AVG • IMP •, bare head right / PONTIF • MAX • TR • P • VII • COS • IIII • P • P •, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding poppy between two stalks of grain in right hand and long torch in left. RIC I 24; WCN 44; Lyon 24 (unlisted dies); RSC 218; BMCRE 26; BN 34. Some porosity. Good VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Berk BBS 123 (23 October 2000), lot 556.