Nero augustus, 54 – 68.
Sestertius, Lugdunum circa 65, Æ 26.72 g. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head r., with globe at point of neck. Rev. ANNONA – AVGVSTI – CERES Ceres, veiled and draped, seated l., holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing r., r. hand resting on hip and l. holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar. In the background, ship's stern. In exergue, S C. C 14. BMC 305. RIC 430. CBN 70.
Struck on an exceptionally large flan and with a somewhat tooled pleasant green
patina, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Schulman 1 April, 1927 and NFA-Leu 16 May 1984, Garrett part 1, 743 sales. From the baron Delbeke collection.